title: 2014 Lotto–Belisol season

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The 2014 season for  began in January at the Tour de San Luis. As a UCI ProTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

2014 roster

Riders who joined the team for the 2014 season

Riders who left the team during or after the 2013 season

Season victories

Footnotes

References

2014 road cycling season by team
Lotto–Soudal
2014 in Belgian sport


title: Bhograi Assembly constituency

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Bhograi is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Balasore district, Odisha.

Area of this constituency includes Bhograi block.

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ananta Das defeated Indian National Congress candidate Kartikeswar Patra by a margin of 17,650 votes.

Elected Members

15 elections held during 1951 to 2014. Elected members from the Bhograi constituency are:
2014: (36): Ananta Das (BJD)
2009: (36): Ananta Das (BJD)
2004: (11): Ananta Das (BJD)
2000: (11): Kamala Das (BJD)
1995: (11): Kamala Das (Janata Dal)
1990: (11): Kamala Das (Janata Dal)
1985: (11): Umarani Patra (Congress)
1980: (11): Kartikeswara Patra (Congress-I)
1977: (11): Susant Chand (Janata Party)
1974: (11): Kartikeswara Patra (Congress)
1971: (11): Kartikeswara Patra (CPI)
1967: (11): Pyari Mohan Das (PSP)
1961: (129): Pyari Mohan Das (PSP)
1957: (92): Durgasankara Das (Congress)
1951: (52): Sasikanta Bhanja (Independent)

2019 Election Result

2014 Election Result
In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ananta Das defeated Indian National Congress candidate Satyashib Das by a margin of 19,512 votes.

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

Notes

References

Assembly constituencies of Odisha
Balasore district


title: Virgilijus

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Virgilijus  is a Lithuanian masculine given name and may refer to:

Virgilijus Alekna (b. 1972),  Lithuanian discus thrower
Virgilijus Vladislovas Bulovas (born 1939), Lithuanian engineer and politician
Virgilijus Noreika (born 1935),  Lithuanian tenor
Virgilijus Juozas Čepaitis (b. 1937),  Lithuanian publisher and translator
Virgilijus Kačinskas (born 1959),  Lithuanian politician

Lithuanian masculine given names
Masculine given names


title: Ferenc Tóth (politician)

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Ferenc Tóth (; 30 December 19504 December 2020) was a Hungarian engineer and politician. He was a member of the National Assembly (MP) for Paks (Tolna County Constituency II) between 1998 and 2014.

Early life and career
Ferenc Tóth was born in Fadd, Hungary, on 30 December 1950, and graduated from Földvári Mihály General Secondary School in Tolna in 1969. He graduated as a maintenance engineer from the College Faculty of the Technical University for Heavy Industry of Dunaújváros in 1974. Tóth qualified as a secondary school teacher in Dunaújváros in 1976 and conducted academic studies as a specialist economist at the University of Pécs until 1993.

Tóth worked as a maintenance engineer for the Lenin Agricultural Co-operative in Fadd from 1974, then from 1981 as a teacher in the children's home in Fadd. He was a physicist of the radiation protection department of the Tolna County Public Health and Sanitation Station from 1988 to 1990. Tóth was an individual entrepreneur from 1994 to 1995, and became director of sales of Mészkő és Dolomit Rt. (Limestone & Dolomite Co. Ltd.) in 1996. He was acting managing director of the Tolna County Enterprise Promotion Fund from February 1999. Tóth pursued handball competitively for several years and was a member of the Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB) from 1998 to 2001.

Political career
Tóth ran as an independent candidate in the 1990 local elections and was elected mayor of his birthplace, serving for four years. He secured a seat in Parliament in the 1998 parliamentary election running as a non-party candidate supported by Fidesz, representing Paks (Constituency II, Tolna County). He was elected a local representative of Fadd again in the 1998 local elections running as an independent candidate.

In the national election on 21 April 2002, Tóth retained his seat in Parliament running as an individual candidate. From the middle of May 2002, he continued his work as a member of the Education and Science Committee. In the local elections held in 2002, Tóth was elected a local representative. He was elected president of the local branch of Fidesz in 2003. In the parliamentary election held in 2006 and 2010, he was elected MP for Paks again. He became a member of the Committee on Education and Science on 30 May 2006 and was appointed Director of Government Office of Tolna County on 1 January 2011. He served in this capacity until 30 June 2014, when he was replaced by Kálmán Horváth.

Personal life and death
Ferenc Tóth was married to Erzsébet Deák, a high school teacher with a degree in chemistry and physics. They had two children, Ferenc who is a veterinarian and András, who is a humanist. Ferenc Tóth Sr. was awarded the officer's cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit in 2019. In retirement he intended to read Russian classic literature and continue his hobbies in sport and music.

He died from COVID-19 on 4 December 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary, twenty six days short from his 70th birthday.

References

1950 births
2020 deaths
University of Pécs alumni
Hungarian engineers
Hungarian businesspeople
Mayors of places in Hungary
Fidesz politicians
Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (1998–2002)
Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2002–2006)
Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2006–2010)
Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2010–2014)
People from Tolna County
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary


title: Virginijus

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Virginijus  is a Lithuanian masculine given name. The feminine given form is Virginija. People bearing the name Virginijus include:

Virginijus Baltušnikas (born 1968), Lithuanian football player
Virginijus Pikturna (born 1961), Lithuanian politician
Virginijus Praškevičius (born 1974),  Lithuanian basketball player
Virginijus Šeškus (born 1967), Lithuanian basketball coach
Virginijus Šikšnys (born 1956), Lithuanian biochemist
Virginijus Sinkevičius (born 1990), Lithuanian politician

Lithuanian masculine given names
Masculine given names


title: Wushu at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's changquan

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The women's changquan three events combined competition (Changquan, Qiangshu and Jianshu) at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar was held from 11 to 14 December at the Aspire Hall 3.

Schedule
All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)

Results
Legend
DNS — Did not start

References

Results

External links
Official website

Women's changquan


title: List of hotels in Germany

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This is a list of notable hotels in Germany.

Hotels in Germany

 Atlantis House
 Breidenbacher Hof, Düsseldorf
 Canis Resort, Freising
 Cecilienhof, Potsdam
 Dom-Hotel, Cologne
 Edelweiss Lodge and Resort, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
 Edelweiss Vacation Village and Campground
 Eh'häusl
 Excelsior Hotel Ernst, Cologne
 General Walker Hotel, Obersalzberg (defunct)
 Grand Hotel Heiligendamm, Heiligendamm
 Gut Weißenhaus
 Hotel Atlantic Kempinski, Hamburg
 Hotel Nassauer Hof
 Hotel Nikko Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
 Hotel Petersberg, Near Bonn
 Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Kempinski
 Hotel Waldkater
 Kempinski Hotel Falkenstein
 Meisdorf House, Meisdorf
 Palasthotel (defunct)
 Propeller Island City Lodge
 Prora (defunct)
 Radisson Blu Hotel, Hamburg
 Ringberghaus, Suhl
 Schloss Elmau
 Schloss Wolfsbrunn
 Schlosshotel Kronberg, Kronberg im Taunus
 St Petrus House
 Staffelter Hof
 Steigenberger Parkhotel Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
 Taschenbergpalais, Dresden
 Zum Roten Bären, Freiburg
 Zum Schwan

Hotels in Berlin

 Estrel Hotel
 Grand Hotel Bellevue (defunct)
 Hotel Adlon
 Hotel Bellevue
 Hotel Berlin
 Hotel Berolina (defunct)
 Hotel Bristol (defunct)
 Hotel Esplanade (defunct)
 Hotel Excelsior (defunct)
 Hotel Fürstenhof (defunct)
 Hotel Kaiserhof (defunct)
 Miniloft
 Nhow Berlin
 Park Inn Berlin
 Propeller Island City Lodge
 Swissôtel Berlin
 Zoofenster

Hotels in Munich

 The Charles Hotel
 Hilton Munich Airport
 Hotel Bayerischer Hof
 Hotel Königshof
 Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Kempinski
 Kempinski Hotel Airport Munich
 Kempinski Hotel Falkenstein
 Mandarin Oriental

See also
 Lists of hotels – an index of hotel list articles on Wikipedia

References

External links

!
Tourism in Germany
Germany
Hotels


title: Criminal Case (video game)

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Criminal Case is a detective-themed hidden object game released on November 15, 2012 for Facebook. An iOS version was released worldwide on August 28, 2014, followed by an Android version on April 15, 2015. In 2018, the Facebook version was converted from Adobe Flash to HTML5. Developed and published by French indie studio Pretty Simple, Criminal Case has over ten million average monthly users. On December 9, 2013, Criminal Case was crowned the Facebook Game of the Year 2013. The game released its final case on January 21, 2021. As of June 18, 2023, all the Criminal Case games are inaccessible on Facebook.

History
Pretty Simple was founded in 2010 by partners Bastien Cazenave and Corentin Raux and was backed by Idinvest Partners. Idenvest originally put up €300,000 in seed capital, which was followed by another €2.5 million after the game achieved a level of early modest success. The murder investigation theme was chosen first by the developers, who decided to make the game in the hidden object genre due to it making both business and personal sense. Just two months after the games launched, it had one million daily active users.

As of mid-2013, Criminal Case attracted more than ten million monthly average users and became highly competitive with Candy Crush Saga, the most popular game on Facebook with over 46 million average monthly users at that time. The developers explained in late 2013: "To put out an investigation each week, there are almost 30 people working on it. We have writers and artists who just really work hard to put out this content." On December 4, 2013, the game achieved over 100 million users.

Five days later, Criminal Case won the Facebook Game of the Year 2013 award. By this time, the cases had been translated into nine languages, and they were making an eight digit sum of revenue.

The game has a 40-percent share of Facebook users. Some reasons cited for the game's success include its graphic crime scenes and meaningful narratives. 2017 research by United Worldwide found that 80% of the active players are women aged between 30 and 55.

Seven additional titles, Criminal Case: Pacific Bay, Criminal Case: Save the World!, Criminal Case: Mysteries of the Past, Criminal Case: The Conspiracy, Criminal Case: Travel in Time,  Criminal Case: Supernatural Investigations and Criminal Case: City of Romance were launched, the latter being the final game in the franchise.

Critical reception
Australian Council on Children and the Media gave the game an amber rating (parental guidance required) due to containing gambling elements. Similarly, SaferKid cautioned parents that the title included crude humor and profanity. Common Sense Media deemed it "polished" and "interesting". AdWeek praised the game's strong story and interesting gameplay. The Spectrum felt the game was "oddly gruesome" and "whimsical". Funky Games thought it was one of the five best hidden object games for Android or iOS platforms. Kotaku described the game as dark and gritty, though felt that the pay-to-play element of gameplay held them back from progressing.

References

External links

Facebook games
2012 video games
Puzzle video games
Hidden object games
IOS games
Android (operating system) games
Detective video games
Video games about police officers
Video games developed in France
Video games set in a fictional country


title: Free Christians

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Free Christians may refer to:

Nondenominational Christianity, autonomous local churches (congregations)
various local movements, notably including:
Free Christians (Britain), individuals and local churches within the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches
churches that are members of the European Liberal Protestant Network

See also
Free church


title: Senthamizh Paattu

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Senthamizh Paattu () is a 1992 Indian Tamil-language musical drama film, written and directed by P. Vasu. The film stars Prabhu and Sukanya while Salim Ghouse plays a supporting role. It was released on 25 October 1992 on the eve of Diwali and was a super hit at the box office. The film was remade in Telugu as Amma Koduku, and in Kannada as Rasika in 1994.

Plot

Cast

Prabhu as Balasubramaniyan/Bala
Sukanya as Durgadevi/Durga
Kasthuri as Shanmathi
Sujatha as Kalaivani
Ravikumar as Ravi
Vijayakumar as Rangasamy
Manjula as Meenakshi
Salim Ghouse as Rajarathnam
Kavitha as Rajeswari
Kazan Khan as Boopathy
Goundamani as Murugesan
V. Gopalakrishnan as Ravi Father
LIC Narasimhan as College Professor
Ponnambalam as Fighter
Sakthi as Young Bala
Mayilsamy as Konavayen

Production
The success of P. Vasu's family drama En Thangachi Padichava (1988) starring Prabhu prompted further collaborations in the same genre between the pair with Chinna Thambi (1991) and Senthamizh Paattu (1992) being released soon after.

Soundtrack
The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan and Ilaiyaraaja, with lyrics by Vaali. The song "Solli Solli" gave a break to its singer Sunanda.

Release and reception
Senthamizh Paattu was released on 25 October 1992, Diwali day. Malini Mannath of The Indian Express lauded Sukanya 's performance and the music, but called the film "rather a crude imitation" of Chinna Thambi. Supraja Sridharan of Kalki wrote that if one could tolerate vulgar comedy, they could enjoy the film for the naïve Sukanya, playful Kasthuri, natural Prabhu and beautiful music. Balasubrahmanyam won the Cinema Express Award for Best Male Playback Singer.

References

External links

1990s musical drama films
1990s Tamil-language films
1992 films
Films directed by P. Vasu
Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja
Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan
Indian musical drama films
Tamil films remade in other languages


title: Ideford Common

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Ideford Common is a Site of Special Scientific Interest consisting of an area of lowland heath in Devon, England. The site is a habitat for nightjars and Dartford warblers, and is the site of several Bronze Age cairns and a barrow.

Ideford and Haldon Forest are nearby.

References

Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Devon
Heathland Sites of Special Scientific Interest


title: Jerome Alexander

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Sir Jerome Alexander (c.1585–1670) was an English-born barrister, judge and politician, who spent much of his career in Ireland (after he had been professionally ruined in England), and became a substantial Irish landowner. He was a noted benefactor of Trinity College Dublin. As a judge, he was so ruthless in securing guilty verdicts in criminal cases, and in imposing the death penalty on the guilty party, that for many years after his death "to be Alexandered" was an Irish synonym for being hanged.

Early career

His precise date of birth is uncertain, but he was stated in 1637 to be several years older than Sir Maurice Eustace, who was born in the early 1590s. He was born at Gressenhall, Norfolk, the eldest son of Jerome Alexander senior of Thorpland, an employee of Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel; the younger Jerome was also employed for a time as steward and bailiff to the Earl, and remained on friendly terms with him in later life. Elrington Ball states that the Alexander family were of Jewish origin. He was educated at Aylsham before attending Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he matriculated in 1609. He entered Furnivall's Inn and then proceeded to Lincoln's Inn in 1617, and was called to the bar in 1623.

Disgrace
His legal career in England was destroyed by a finding of professional misconduct against him: unusually, this did not arise from his services to a client. He was, unlike many barristers, very litigious on his own behalf, and, in 1626, the Star Chamber found him guilty of tampering with evidence in one of his own lawsuits; he was disbarred, fined and given a prison sentence. He moved to Ireland, where he entered the King's Inn and began to practice at the Irish Bar. It is unclear if the Benchers of the King's Inn were aware from the beginning of his criminal record; if not, they certainly learned of it within the next few years.

In 1633, he received a Royal pardon, on condition that he did not return to legal practice in England, although he was permitted to continue practice in Ireland. In 1644, he published his Breviate, a 100-page pamphlet in defence of his actions.

Politics
He entered politics, and sat in the Irish House of Commons as MP for Lifford in the Parliaments  of 1634–35 and 1639–49. He was a friend and client of the wealthy and influential young nobleman James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, who granted him the use of Kilcooly Abbey in County Tipperary for his dwelling. He was also granted lands near Kells, County Meath.

He was also befriended by other influential figures in Ireland, including James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh: but his hope of further career advancement was destroyed by the arrival in Ireland of the new Lord Lieutenant, Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, who despised Alexander and described him with contempt as "a scurvy puritan". Strafford, who became almost all-powerful in Ireland, and who was well aware that Alexander had been professionally disgraced in England, vetoed his appointment as an extra judge of assize in 1637.

The ostensible reason was that only Sir Maurice Eustace, the King's Serjeant, was qualified to act as an extra judge, but Strafford's references to Eustace as a "man of integrity" can also be read as an attack on Alexander's character. He refused him leave to go to England, and when Alexander went anyway he was imprisoned in the Fleet Prison, nor following his release was he able to return to Ireland until after Strafford's downfall. Given the enmity between the two men, it is not surprising that Alexander was active in the impeachment and subsequent attainder of Strafford in 1641.

Civil War

He returned briefly to Ireland after Strafford's death, but on the outbreak of the Irish Rebellion of 1641 went back to England. He was an active Royalist, and attempted to raise troops to subdue the rebels; at the same time, he was among those who urged the King, if necessary, to make an alliance with the Irish Confederacy.

For attempting to arrange this alliance he was briefly imprisoned by Parliament in 1643, and on his release, he went abroad. In 1650, he was in Brussels in the service of Charles II, and was active in raising money for his cause. He was still in the city in March 1653 but returned to Ireland in 1655.

He made his peace with the new regime, and acquired an estate in County Westmeath; but in view of the rewards he received in 1660, (even if, as he complained, they were not overly generous), there is no reason to doubt that he remained a Royalist at heart.

Restoration

At the Restoration of Charles II, Alexander claimed to have played a major part in securing the support of the Irish Government for the new regime (but in fact, there was virtually no opposition in Ireland to the Restoration), and he complained at length about the great losses he had suffered during the Interregnum. He was rewarded with a knighthood and a place on the Court of Common Pleas (Ireland), no doubt largely through the influence of the Duke of  Ormonde, who had the last word on appointments to the Irish Bench after the Restoration, and was always loyal (some thought overly so) to old friends like Alexander, although he is not thought to have rated him highly as a judge. Nonetheless, Alexander was plainly dissatisfied at being only second justice of the Court: he claimed that he should have been given the office of Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas (Ormonde apparently vetoed the appointment), and quarrelled with Sir William Aston, justice of the Court of King's Bench (Ireland) over which of them had precedence. Rumour had it that he challenged Aston to a duel on the issue, but that to Alexander's disgust Aston refused the challenge. He also acted as legal adviser to the future King James II on his Irish affairs.

Judge

He was a stern enforcer of religious conformity: in his will he refers to the Church of England as "the best form of Government in all this world". On the Ulster assizes, to which he was regularly assigned, he became noted for severity against non-conforming Protestants: his ally John Bramhall, Bishop of Derry wrote that if the non-conformists "could not love him, they began to fear him".

Religious beliefs  and attitudes
It has been suggested that he had an equally harsh attitude towards Roman Catholics, but was unable to show similar severity towards them, due to the relaxed attitude of the Duke of Ormonde, now Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, who recognised that as Catholics comprised the large majority of the country's population, a generous if unofficial measure of toleration of that faith was inevitable.

However, Alexander's attitude to Roman Catholics was perhaps more complex than this: he was, for example, on friendly terms with the well-known Catholic barrister Patrick D'Arcy and reportedly offered to act as D'Arcy's second in the abortive duel with Sir William Aston. Through marriage Alexander himself had Catholic connections. His wife, Elizabeth Havers, belonged to a staunchly Roman Catholic family. Her ancestor, Mr Havers of Thelton (or Thelveton) Hall, built a chapel on the grounds of Thelton Hall which became the hub of the Catholic community in and around Diss, Norfolk, before, during and after the period of the Penal Laws. Elizabeth's elder brother William Havers, who inherited Thelton in 1651, and who died in 1670, was a known recusant. This suggests that Alexander, like many Protestants of his time, was prepared to turn a blind eye to recusancy when it was practised by his own friends or relatives, and even to marry into an openly Catholic family himself.

"Alexandered"
The Duke of Ormonde, who was a merciful man by the standards of the time, is known to have disapproved of Alexander's notorious severity in criminal trials, and this is said to have ended their friendship. This attitude was in notable contrast to the conduct of most other Irish judges of the time who were, like Ormonde, inclined to clemency. Where Ormonde would always reprieve a man where he could, Alexander, it was said, would hang as many men as he could: on one occasion he sentenced fourteen men to death at a single assize, though it is not clear how many of them were actually hanged. His reputation for severity became such that for many years after his death "to be Alexandered" was widely used in Ireland as a synonym for "to be hanged".

Death and will

He died in the summer of 1670 and was buried in St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. Much of his property, including Kilcooley Abbey, passed to his daughter Elizabeth, on condition that she did not marry an Irishman (she did not); he also left £100 to each of the three children of his eldest surviving daughter, Jeromina Langham. His law books and other texts were left to Trinity College Dublin, with enough money to pay for a librarian as the King's Inns, of which he was a senior member, had no facilities for storing books at the time, and had to wait till 1788 for the foundation of its own library. His friend, Sir Edward Massey, received many of his personal valuables and curiosities, such as "my cane with the silver head of a rhinoceros".

As he had done in his Breviate, he dwelt in his will on the machinations of his enemies, and rejoiced that God's grace had enabled him to triumph over them. More humanely, he noted that God in return required him to help the poor and needy.

Ball suggests that he would have been most unhappy had he known that his place on the Bench would be taken by Oliver Jones, who was noted for his impartiality towards Roman Catholics, and was widely suspected of being a secret Catholic himself. However, it seems that Alexander, whose wife was a member of a notable Roman Catholic family, may have been more tolerant of the Catholic faith in private than his severe public stance against would suggest.

Family
Sir Jerome married Elizabeth Havers, a staunch Catholic and the daughter of John Havers of Shelfhanger, Norfolk, a noted recusant (who, like Alexander's father, was an employee of the Earl of Arundel), and his wife, Elizabeth Tindal, of Banham. Elizabeth, Lady Alexander, died in 1667. They had sixteen children but only three daughters survived their father:
Jeromina, who married Humphrey Langham, and had at least five children;
Rose, who married firstly Roger Mallock of Cockington, Devon, and secondly Thomas Gorges, Deputy Governor of Maine, and died in April 1671, leaving a son and a daughter;
Elizabeth, who heeded her father's warning that he would disinherit her if she married an Irishman: her (English) husband was Sir William Barker (died c.1719), first of the Barker baronets of Bocking Hall, Essex. She died in 1702, leaving issue, including Sir William Barker, 2nd Baronet.

Personality

Elrington Ball describes Alexander as a "strongly complex character". He was a bitter enemy but a good friend; he was merciless towards criminals, but charitable towards the poor. Throughout his life he was inclined to blame his misfortunes on the machinations of his enemies, even attributing to them responsibility for those disasters which to any detached observer would seem to be entirely his own fault. As a young barrister he was found guilty of misconduct, but as a judge prided himself on not taking bribes. He publicly called for the persecution of Roman Catholics, but married into an openly Catholic family. Burke called him a man of strong passions, but also a man of great integrity and public spirit.

Published works
A Breviate of a sentence given against Jerome Alexander, utter-barrister of Lincoln's Inn, in the Court of Star Chamber... with exceptions taken to the said sentence to unfold the iniquity thereof.  Published in London in 1644.

References

1670 deaths
People from Gressenhall
Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Donegal constituencies
Irish MPs 1639–1649
Year of birth uncertain
Members of Lincoln's Inn
Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Justices of the Irish Common Pleas
Knights Bachelor


title: Death Nurse 2

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Death Nurse 2 is a 1988 slasher film written and directed by Nick Millard. It is the sequel to the 1987 film Death Nurse.

Plot

Picking up where the prequel ended, Death Nurse 2 opens with Lieutenant Cal Bedowski demanding to be let into Shady Palms Clinic, due to having just discovered human remains in the facility's garage. Nurse Edith Mortley opens the door, stabs the lieutenant, and has her brother, Doctor Gordon Mortley, place the man's body in the garage. Edith then explains that disposing of corpses in the garage is the perfect system, as they will be eaten by the rats that infest it, and the rats will then be killed and fed to unknowing patients of the Mortleys.

At city hall, social services worker John Sawyer is pressured by Sergeant David Gallagher into finding somewhere that will take in Brownie, a violent and alcoholic vagrant who has been harassing local merchants. John picks up Brownie (using liquor to pacify her) and drops her off at Shady Palms. When Edith tries to confiscate Brownie's belongings, the woman attacks her, so Edith stabs her. The seemingly dead Brownie is dumped in the garage, but she recovers, and knifes Gordon (leaving him confined to a bed for the rest of the film) before being finished off with a cleaver by Edith. Edith treats Gordon's wounds, and while she does so, it is revealed that Gordon is just a veterinarian, and that Edith was kicked out of nursing school.

Sawyer sweet talks Edith into admitting another deranged vagrant into Shady Palms, a Polish immigrant named Mischa Rudinski. Shortly after Mischa arrives, Shady Palms is visited by Charity Chandler, twin sister of Sawyer's predecessor Faith Chandler, who was murdered by Edith. After Charity, who is looking into the disappearance of her sister, leaves, Edith murders Mischa, having grown tired of listening to his incessant anti-socialist rants.

Suspicious of Shady Palms, Charity seeks aid from Sergeant Gallagher, but he is of no help, simply telling Charity that he may question Edith if Faith does not reappear in a day or two. Taking matters into her own hands, Charity sneaks into Shady Palms, and is stabbed to death by Edith after finding the bodies in the garage. Immediately after Edith kills Charity, she receives a call from Sergeant Gallagher, who makes an appointment to speak to her about Faith. Edith tries to cover-up the smell of Gordon's and her victims with lime, but this backfires when the rats that were feeding on the bodies are driven out into the street by the substance, dragging pieces of human tissue with them. This prompts Sergeant Gallagher to get a warrant to scour Shady Palms. When Gallagher appears with the warrant, Edith slumps on a couch, and wordlessly sulks as Gordon calls to her from his room.

Cast

 Priscilla Alden as Nurse Edith Mortley
 Albert Eskinazi as Doctor Gordon Mortley
 Frances Millard as Charity Chandler/Faith Chandler
 Irmgard Millard as Brownie
 Nick Millard as Sergeant David Gallagher
 Fred Sarra as Lieutenant Cal Bedowski

DVD release

Slasher // Video released Death Nurse 2 and its predecessor on DVD in 2012. Limited to 997 copies, the DVD contains features such as two commentaries, interviews, and a short film titled Brownie Goes Shopping.

Reception

Trash Film Guru's Ryan C. stated, "This is quite likely the most blatant, no-bones-about-it, complete waste of time ever put together by anyone for any reason, yet it never manages to be outright boring even though any rational analysis dictates that it certainly should be". In a review for Video Junkie Strikes Back from Beyond the Grave, William S. Wilson referred to Death Nurse 2 as a heavily padded and hilariously inept "assault on the senses".

Justin McKinney of The Bloody Pit of Horror gave Death Nurse 2 a 1 out 4, and wrote, "Possibly behind only Jerry Warren, Millard may actually be one of horror cinema's thriftiest filmmakers, seeing as how he managed to slap together a half dozen 80s horror features using next to no money, a consumer grade camcorder, his friends and family as 'actors' and a bare minimum of new footage. Here, he again liberally recycles scenes from both Criminally Insane (1973) and Satan's Black Wedding (1974); passing them off as Edith's nightmares. Since this is a follow-up, he's also able to pad things out even further by including clips from the first Death Nurse to help push the run-time up to a paltry 60 minutes. Again, there's a new title card for the film, but the same credits from Criminally Insane are re-run. The music from that film is also reused. It's set in the same exact Pepto Bismol-colored San Francisco house the other movies are set in, features most of the same 'actors' from the other movies and features the same aluminum foil-covered weapons for the close-up hacking/stabbing scenes. There are countless zoom shots, many close-ups of Edith's scowling face and numerous scenes of people sitting, sleeping, lounging on a couch or walking through the house that never seem to end".

References

External links

American slasher films
1980s slasher films
1988 direct-to-video films
American sequel films
Camcorder films
1988 horror films
American exploitation films
American serial killer films
Medical-themed films
American comedy horror films
1980s English-language films
Films about alcoholism
Films about con artists
Films shot in California
Films about mental health
American independent films
American black comedy films
Direct-to-video horror films
Films about homelessness
Films set in San Francisco
Films shot in San Francisco
1988 films
Films about nurses
1988 independent films
1980s American films


title: Robert Gompf

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Robert Ernest Gompf (born 1957) is an American mathematician specializing in geometric topology.

Gompf received a Ph.D. in 1984 from the University of California, Berkeley under the supervision of Robion Kirby (An invariant for Casson handles, disks and knot concordants). He is now a professor at the University of Texas at Austin.

His research concerns the topology of 4-manifolds. In 1990, he demonstrated with Tomasz Mrowka that there is a simply connected irreducible 4-manifold that admits no complex structures. In 1995, he constructed new examples of simply connected compact symplectic 4-manifolds that are not homeomorphic or diffeomorphic to complex manifolds (Kähler manifolds).

He is a fellow of the American Mathematical Society. He was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in 1994 in Zurich (Smooth four-manifolds and symplectic topology).

Writings
With András I. Stipsicz: 4-manifolds and Kirby calculus, AMS 1999
A new construction of symplectic manifolds, Annals of Mathematics, Volume 142, 1995, p. 527–595
With Tomasz Mrowka Irreducible four manifolds need not be complex, Annals of Mathematics, Volume 138, 1993, p. 61–111
Handlebody construction of Stein surfaces, Annals of Mathematics, Volume 148, 1998, p. 619–693

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External links
Homepage

1957 births
Living people
20th-century American mathematicians
21st-century American mathematicians
Fellows of the American Mathematical Society


title: John Sampson (musician)

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John Sampson (born 18 April 1955, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland) is a Scottish multi-instrumental musician, actor and entertainer.

Early life
Sampson was brought up in the Salvation Army and attended Wick High School, Peterhead Academy and Boroughmuir Secondary School in Edinburgh before studying music at Edinburgh's Napier University, graduating in 1978.

Career
Sampson has collaborated with Britain's poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy in live performances since 2003.  With Carol Ann Duffy  he has performed at The Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room,Royal Festival Hall,Queens Hall, Hong Kong Festival, Auckland Festival NZ, Emirates Festival Dubai, Edinburgh Festivals, Buckingham Palace for the Queen, Prince Philip & Princess Anne and literary festivals around the UK for over 18 years. His solo live act involves playing recorders, trumpets, crumhorn, gemshorn, cornettino, halusi and other instruments, and his theatre work includes 30 years with the Natural Theatre Company of Bath including Scarlatti's Birthday Party, and Scarlatti`s Revenge touring Germany also Bill Brydon's The Big Picnic, Glasgow (BBC TV).==
He worked with John McGrath on TV and theatre productions Border Warfare (Channel 4) John Brown's Body (Channel 4) and A Satire of the Four Estates (Edinburgh Festival 1997). He worked at the Young Vic, London, in Peribanez with Rufus Norris. He also worked with John Bett on the Jolly Beggars and Para Handy both with Wildcat Stage Productions. He performed at the Edinburgh Festival in Good directed by Michael Boyd and won the Herald's best Musical performance at the Edinburgh Festival 1992.

Sampson worked again with the BBC for six series of the popular sitcom Rab C. Nesbitt. and The Baldy Man (Carlton TV). His 2011 album, Cullen Skink, was launched at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
John was a member of folk band Fourth Estaite from 1975 to 1980 with Robin Harper and Rab Handliegh.

Radio work includes composing the music for the five part series "The Bride of Lammermoor" by Walter Scott (BBC Radio 4) and "The Hireling" by Patrick Malahide (BBC Scotland).He was Recorder Tutor at the Scottish Conservatoire of Music in the 1990s.

Sampson was based in Hamburg, Germany from 1985, where he performed with pianist Patrick O`Connell in the duo Pat & John.

Sampson also regularly plays trumpet with reggae band Makossa, and occasionally plays trumpet with the rhythm and blues band, Dr Hip and the Blues Operation.
Sampson played at the 70th Birthday of Seamus Heaney at the Pavilion theatre in Dun Laoghaire and the tribute night at the Royal Festival Hall London.

He was short listed for the Critic's Award for Theatre in Scotland in the Best Music and Sound category for his work on A Taste of Honey, Royal Lyceum Theatre Company, Edinburgh. In 2013, with the trumpeter Finlay Hetherington he formed the brass quintet, Brass Tracks. In 2017, he formed the Bruntsfield Baroque Trio, with Frances Rive and Vickie Hobson.
From 2001 to 2021 he composed the music for Theatre Alba`s Children`s Theatre shows written by Clunie Mackenzie for the Edinburgh Fringe. Winner of The Primary Times award for Best Children`s show Edinburgh Fringe 2018.

In 2010, he formed A Fyne Pear with Pete Baynes, Stewart Hanratty and Wendy Weatherby and continues to perform for the charity Music in Hospitals & Care.

Sampson performed with Anne Lorne Gillies on the albums Song of the Gaels and Milestones, along with TV and radio broadcasts on the BBC.He has played on three albums with Andy Chung.

He was also vice-chair of the Scottish committee of the British actors’ union, Equity. In June 2016, he became a member of the Royal Society of Musicians of Great Britain     www.johnsampson.co.uk     www.brasstracksmusic.co.uk

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1955 births
Living people
Scottish multi-instrumentalists
Scottish composers
Scottish male actors
People educated at Boroughmuir High School
People from Dunfermline


title: Naseej

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Naseej is a Limited Liability Company (LLC) headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia providing IT solutions for libraries, knowledge centers and higher education in the Arab world. The company was founded in 1989 by Abduljabbar Al-Abduljabbar (currently CEO) and Abdullah Al Turaifi (currently VP) as one of the first providers of professional information resources to Middle Eastern universities and information centers. As of 2014 Naseej employed more than 350 mostly IT professionals and operated in 9 countries throughout the region.

History
Naseej (earlier known as Arabian Advanced Systems) began by providing universities and information centers with access to professional information resources, primarily in electronic form, through so-called "CD-Towers". These servers hosted multiple CDs in 1989. The company helped libraries transform from traditional paper-based card catalogs to electronic cataloging, using the Horizon Library Management System. The company launched the brand “Naseej®” in 1997 as the first of its kind to provide Internet access and web services in Saudi Arabia, and one of the first Arabic Internet portals. In 1998, Naseej became the first licensed Internet service provider (ISP) in Saudi Arabia. The ISP division of Naseej would later be part of a three-way merger with AwalNet (Alfaisaliah Group Internet service provider) and @Net (Alalamiah Internet service provider) to form the largest Internet service providers in the GCC (later acquired by Saudi Telecom Company).

Products
Naseej products include Campus Management Solutions, e-Learning Solutions, Enterprise Portal Solutions & e-Services, Knowledge & Information Resources, Library Management Solutions, RFID Technologies for Libraries, Digitization, Conversion & Cataloging Solutions, Museums & Archives Solutions, Enterprise Knowledge Management and Knowledge Consulting Services.

Partnership
Naseej partners with global companies including Bibliotheca , Saba, Desire2Learn, Ellucian, Book2net, Microsoft, Evisions, AgilePoint, Oracle, SirsiDynix, CISCO, ProQuest, Legamaster, Credo Reference, EXAM MASTER, IET, and IEEET.

References

Technology companies established in 1989
Information technology companies of Saudi Arabia
Companies based in Riyadh
Saudi Arabian companies established in 1989


title: Ellie Mae

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Ellie Mae Inc., originally named Electronic Mortgage Affiliates, is a software company that processes 35% of U.S. mortgage applications. The services are based on a software as a service model (SaaS), and specializes in originating and funding new mortgage loans and facilitating regulatory compliance. The company is headquartered in Pleasanton, California.

History
Ellie Mae was founded in 1997 by Limin Hu and Sigmund Anderman.

In 2009, Ellie Mae was accused by DocMagic, a competitor, of violating antitrust and intellectual property laws around actions taken when the vendor agreement between the two companies expired. The two companies settled the lawsuit after three years of litigation.

Ellie Mae made its initial public offering in 2011, valued at approximately $122 million.

Mergers and Acquisitions
Ellie Mae acquired the assets of Online Document Systems Inc. (2008), Mavent Inc. (2009), Del Mar DataTrac (2011), Mortgage Pricing Systems (2011), MortgageCEO (2014), AllRegs (2014), ARG Interactive (2014), MortgageReturns (2015), Velocify (2017), Docvelocity (2019), and Capsilon (2019)

In April 2019, Ellie Mae was acquired by Thoma Bravo, LLC, a private equity investment firm, in an all-cash transaction that valued Ellie Mae at an aggregate equity value of approximately $3.7 billion. The acquisition was announced on February 12, 2019, and closed on April 17, 2019.

In August 2020, Intercontinental Exchange announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Ellie Mae for approximately $11 billion. The transaction completed successfully in September 2020 after regulatory approval.

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1997 establishments in California
Software companies established in 1997
Financial services companies established in 1997
American companies established in 1997
Mortgage industry companies of the United States
Software companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area
Financial software companies
Companies based in Pleasanton, California
Companies formerly listed on the New York Stock Exchange
2019 mergers and acquisitions
2020 mergers and acquisitions
2011 initial public offerings
Intercontinental Exchange
American corporate subsidiaries


title: Chesterton Lane Halt railway station

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Chesterton Lane Halt railway station was one of two intermediate halts on the Cirencester branch line from , Gloucestershire, England. It was only open for five years between 1959 and 1964.

History
The branch line to Cirencester had opened on 31 May 1841, however no intermediate stations were present until Chesterton Lane Halt was opened on 2 February 1959 followed by  in 1960.  The halt opened under British Railways and closed under the Beeching Axe. It consisted of a rail level platform mainly built of old sleepers only long enough to accommodate the single coach railbus which operated the line. The halt closed with the end of passenger services on the Cirencester Town branch on 6 April 1964, the last trains having run on the evening of 5 April.
Since closure the cutting in which halt was sited has been infilled upon which Meadow Road has been built.

Reopening

As of 2016, discussion have been taking place about rebuilding 5 km of track to Chesterton Lane Halt in order to reconnect Cirencester to the railway network. The plans would see a new station built near Chesterton Lane Halt.

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Disused railway stations in Gloucestershire
Railway stations opened by British Rail
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1959
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1964
Cirencester
Beeching closures in England


title: LGBT history in Peru

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Precolonial Era 100- 1530AD

See: Homosexuality in Ancient Peru

16th to 20th century

Homosexuality in Peru was decriminalised in 1837.

21st century

See: LGBT rights in Peru

References


title: Locust Grove Township, Fremont County, Iowa

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Locust Grove Township is one of thirteen townships in Fremont County, Iowa, United States. At the 2010 census, its population was 164 and it contained 77 housing units.

Geography
According to the 2010 census, Locust Grove Township covers an area of , all land.

Cemeteries
The township contains Locust Grove Cemetery and Saint Pauls Lutheran Cemetery.

Transportation
 Iowa Highway 333
 U.S. Route 59

School districts
 Farragut Community School District
 Hamburg Community School District

Political districts
 Iowa's 3rd congressional district
 State House District 23
 State Senate District 12

References

External links
 City-Data.com

Townships in Iowa
Townships in Fremont County, Iowa


title: Healthcare in Kosovo

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In the past, Kosovo’s capabilities to develop a modern health care system were limited.
Low GDP during 1990 worsened the situation even more. However, the establishment of the Faculty of Medicine in the University of Pristina marked a significant development in health care. This was also followed by launching different health clinics which enabled better conditions for professional development.

Nowadays the situation has changed and health care system in Kosovo is organized in three sectors including, primary, secondary and tertiary health care.
Primary health care in Pristina is organized in thirteen Family Medicine Centers and fifteen Ambulantory Care Units. Secondary health care is decentralized in seven Regional Hospitals. Though Pristina does not have a Regional Hospital, it instead uses the University Clinical Center of Kosovo for health care services. The University Clinical Center of Kosovo provides its health care services in twelve clinics, where 642 doctors are employed. At a lower level, home services are provided for several vulnerable groups which are not able to reach health care premises. Kosovo health care services are now focused on patient's safety, quality control and assisted health.

Nowadays, health care institutions are going through some profound reforms that target providing decentralized services and covering all community residents by health insurance packages.

Statistics

The Statistical Agency of Kosovo is a professional institution operating since 1948, located in Pristina, which collects, processes and publishes official statistical data.  Since 2011, this agency functions under the Prime Minister’s office. It is funded by the Kosovo Consolidated Budget and it is supported by donors. They have professional and technical cooperation with all ministries of Kosovo's Government, especially with the Ministry of Economy and Finance, the Central Bank of Kosovo, Eurostat, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, SIDA, DFID, UNFPA, UNDP, UNICEF and many other international institutions.
According to a study made by Kosovo's Ministry of Public Administration, the number of female employees in Kosovo's health institutions has been distinctly bigger during the previous years. In 2010 there were 8,928 female employees and 4,282 males. This number had a minor increase in favor of male employees by 1% in 2012.

University Clinical Center of Kosovo (UCCK) has had 870 doctors in a period of 2010. In 2012 this number dropped off in 642. The department of gynaecology has had the largest number of personnel throughout the last 3 years, while neurosurgery has had the lowest.

The mortality rate has had many variations, thus in 2009 it was 836 patients in Regional Hospitals out of which 39% in Prizren's Regional Hospital, 21.5% in Peja, 20% in Gjakova, 17.7% in Gjilan, 1.0 in Vushtrri and 0.1% in Ferizaj. However, in 2010 mortality rate slightly decreased in 806. Prizren remained the region with the largest mortality rate during these years, whereas Gjakova and Peja gradually equalized.

Health care divisions

After the 1999 war, Kosovo has done some major improvements in its health care. During this period, medical services in Kosovo have received several donations and international financial support has raised dramatically. Many buildings have been constructed and renovated, the staff number expanded, and the number of patients seeking for medical services is increasing everyday and more.
The highest health care authority in the Republic of Kosovo is Ministry of Health of Kosovo.

As in other countries, Kosovo's health care system is organized into three levels: primary, secondary and tertiary health care.

Primary Health Care (PHC)

Primary Health Care relates to the professional health care services offered to the community, usually from a nurse or general practitioner. It covers a wide range of health and preventative services such as supporting and taking care equally for all community, including those who have lower income, provide health education, counseling disease prevention, screening and promoting better living environments. Primary health care became a fundamental concept for World Health Organization as a result of the Alma Ata Declaration (1978). Since the Declaration of Alma-Ata, health situation at country level has gone through major changes. There have been many modifications in demographic profiles, socio-economic environment and reducement of risk exposure and common diseases.
Primary health care is available for individuals and families, coming from different municipalities, with affordable costs that can be covered by the Government funds as well as community.
Kosovo consists of an overall 36 municipalities, all of which has their own PHC medical centers. Kosovo Primary Health Care is organized in two separate levels such as: Family Medicine Centers (FM) and Ambulatory Health Care Units.
Geographically isolated municipalities, have established also some maternities, such as Women Welfare Centers, that serve for women emergency well-being cases.

Family Medicine Centers
The table below shows main Family Medicine Centers in Prishtina and their locations.

Ambulatory Medical Units
The table below shows Ambulantory Medical Units in Prishtina and their locations.

Lack of family medicine specialists

Family Health Care Centers in Kosovo are in need of 1,000 family medical specialists. Currently there are approximately 500 family doctors providing primary health care services. Primary Medical Centers usually deal with problems such as, short data on citizen registry, incorrect addresses and a large number of community migration from rural to urban territories. Recently, the Ministry of Health has signed an agreement with British College, to train Kosovo graduated doctors in UK.

Secondary Health Care
Secondary health care refers to a higher level of health care system, in which patients from primary health care are referred for more specialized treatments. Secondary health care level includes medical services provided by a specialist or more advanced facilities, upon referral from a primary care physician that requires more specialized knowledge, skill or equipment than the primary care physician.
Secondary prevention programs identify and treat  asymptomatic people, who have already been exposed to different risk factors or have any pre-clinical diseases, without any clinical symptom. These activities are focused on early screening of asymptomatic patients, that are prone to develop the disease without any possible prevention or treatment. Screening tests are an example of secondary prevention activities, since they are performed even on patients who did not manifest any clinical symptoms of diseases, such as: hyperlipidemia, hypertension, breast, prostate cancer and many others. Secondary health care is offered by regional hospitals in municipalities such as Mitrovica, Peć, Gjakova, Prizren and Gjilan.

Regional Hospitals

Besides University Clinical Center of Kosovo (UCCK), which is the only tertiary health care center, there are also seven regional hospitals that offer secondary health care services. Most of referred patients to UCCK come from regional hospitals.
Regional hospitals in Kosovo are:
 Prizren’s regional hospital
 Peć’s regional hospital
 Gjakova’s regional hospital
 Ferizaj’s regional hospital
 Gjilan’s regional hospital
 Mitrovica’s regional hospital
 Vushtrri’s regional hospital

Tertiary Health Care

Tertiary health care is the highest specialized medical level, which offers more complex procedures and treatments performed by specialists. Tertiary activities involve treatment of already established diseases, manages to restore patients to their highest functional level, minimizes negative effects of disease and further complications.

Kosovo's tertiary health care specialized medical services are offered by medical institutions such as University Clinical Center of Kosovo, University Dentistry Clinical Center of Kosovo, National Blood Transfusion Center, National Institute of Labor Medicine, Medical Center for Sport and Recreation, National Institute of Public Health and Faculty of Medicine, University of Pristina. Many tertiary health care services are mistakenly used instead of primary and secondary health care services from Kosovo inhabitants.

University Clinical Center of Kosovo (UCCK)
University Clinical Center of Kosovo is the main tertiary health care institution located in Prishtina, which offers most specialized medical services. It consists of Emergency Care Center, 12 clinics, National Institute of Public Health, Central Pharmacy, Private Pharmacies, and Institutes like Anatomy, Pathology, Physiology, Pharmacology and Toxicology.

UCCK Clinics - Human Resources

This table shows the overall human resources working in University Clinical Center of Kosovo, including specialized doctors and nurses for 12 clinics, Emergency Care Unit, National Institute of Public Health Kosovo and Central Pharmacy.

National Institute of Public Health in Kosovo

National Institute of Public Health (NIPH) was established on 5 June 1925 and it is the highest medical, professional, and scientific institution. The institution organizes and applies the strategy of public health hygienic-sanitary measures, prophylactic-epidemically measures, social-medical, health education, EPI (expanded program on immunization), health promotion, water, food and air quality controls, health policy, economy of health, and develops scientific research works in the territory of the Republic of Kosovo. Hence, the Institute is known as the educational base of the Faculty of Medicine and is divided in five departments: Epidemiology, Human Ecology, Social Medicine, Micro-biology and Health Information System; Kosovo School of Public Health.

Development history of NIPH

The 1920s were characterized by very bad medical conditions in the Balkans.  In general, based on the Kosovar health care condition and the overall public health situation, a decision was made to establish hygiene and epidemiological services in the city of Peć with the "Rockfeler" fund support from the U.S and on 5 June 1925 this service finally began to work. On the same day, basis were set for Preventive Medicine in Kosovo and 5 June is marked as a festive day for founding of the Institute of Public Health.
After that date, sanitary stations, hygienic and microbiological or epidemiological services were established in Pristina, Prizren and Mitrovica. In these units there was a great lack of specialized staff (except in Prizren), but health services were performed by health employees with medical school degrees.
In ancient Prizren, during 1923/1924, it was established the highly efficient bacteriological service which provided services to the entire territory of Kosovo at that time (a part of Sandžak and Montenegro). Yet, Dr. Isuf Dedushaj stated that it was only bacteriological service which later developed into the hygienic-sanitary services in order to be later transformed into the Regional Institute of Public Health of Prizren.
During the years 1946/1947, the first Albanian doctor Dr. Durmish Celina started his work by developing educational-medical activities. At that time, Dr. Daut Mustafa lectured professional courses in the medical high school too.

The Inheritance of many infectious diseases had damaged the country in terms of economy, culture, education, and health. Prior to World War II and especially after it ended, the health condition and the circumstances in Kosovo were extremely difficult. There were many serious infectious diseases such as: malaria, typhus, louse, tuberculosis, measles, meningitis, diphtheria, and other diseases which led to killing hundreds to thousands infants.
It is important to emphasize the fact that in Kosovo in 1940 there were 5 hospitals with 390 beds, 36 different ambulatory medical and preventive services that had 5 sanitary-epidemiological stations, from which only three had worked. Dr. Isuf Dedushaj stated that in all these medical institutions there were 38 doctors, 20 private pharmacists, one dentist, and around 85 medical workers that have learned from medical practice and courses offered at that time. After World War II, Kosovo had terrible living conditions and the illiteracy rate was about 98%.

In the early 1946, Kosovo had five hospitals with 333 beds, on average 0.4 beds per 1,000 inhabitants, 9 doctors (foreign and local), 15 pharmacists, 6 medical technicians, 11 cleaners, and 27 other medical workers with lower qualification. The medical protection was offered in 8 cities, 3 villages, and 1 anti-tuberculosis dispensary, whereas in the dental prevention program there were 4 dentists.

University Dentistry Clinical Center (UDCCK)

University Dentistry Clinical Center (UDCCK) is located in Pristina and it is the main medical, educational, and scientific institution in the field of dentistry in Kosovo, and their mission is to maintain and develop good oral health. Their staff participates in different local and international meetings, training, professional and scientific conferences. The outcome of these activities is primarily increasing the efficiency of the dental procedures in order to maintain with the contemporary developments in dentistry. The application of the Health Information System in UDCCK endorsed their work in developing in terms of dental medicine, since it provides reliable data, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health in Kosovo, to establish dental medicine welfare in general.

Development history of UDCCK

The history of Kosovo dental medicine began with the practical training in the laboratory of Medical High School in Pristina. At that time, dentistry section was established where 96 dentists worked. The Section of Dentistry was organized in independent working units and they were: Prosthetic Dental Clinic, Tooth Disease Clinic, Mouth Disease Clinic, Preventive Dentistry Clinic, Oral Surgery, Teeth and X-ray Laboratory and Working Community. In Dentistry Section there were 177 employers, 44 doctors, 20 assistants, 9 trainee assistants, 29 dental technicians, 50 medical technician, 15 administrative staff and 32 support staff. The educational and health activities were mainly conducted in the Charitable Humanitarian Organization "Mother Teresa" in Prishtina. Since June 1999, dentistry clinics became part of the UDCCK until November 2003, when an important event for dentistry occurred when the Ministry of Health issued an Administrative Instruction 12/2003, on the Establishment of UDCCK as an autonomous and independent institution from University Clinical Center of Kosovo (UCCK).

Private registered Dentistry Clinics
Based on the publications of Ministry of Health in Kosovo, there are only 248 licensed private dental clinics, even though there are around 921 registered dental clinics through Kosovo.

Private hospitals
Licensed Private hospitals in Kosovo are the following: Special Hospital for Cardiovascular Diseases "Intermed", Specialized Hospital for Cardiovascular Diseases "International Medicine Hospital", and Cabinet Coronarography "Diagnostica".

American Hospital is a private hospital in Pristina inaugurated on 6 April 2012. American Hospital in Kosovo is a Bedminster Capital Management Fund investment, based in New York, whose participants are the Government of the United States of America. It is represented by the Office of Foreign Investment (OPIC), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and different American investors. It has an area of 3000m2, 4 floors, 30 hospital beds, 3 surgery rooms, 2 maternity rooms, 2 suits with advanced equipment and about 100 employees available to provide professional medical services.

University of Pristina, Faculty of Medicine

University of Pristina was founded on June, 17th 1969, though it started working on December that year. First lectures were held in the philosophic department of the university.

Faculty of Medicine consists of 6 departments such as general medicine, pharmacy, physiotherapy, dentistry, and nursery.
The General Medicine and Dentistry studies last 6 years, Pharmacy lasts 5 years, whereas Physiotherapy and Nursery last 3 years.

Initially the Faculty of Medicine in Pristina started off with only General medicine, but 6 years later the section of dentistry was founded. On May, 15th 1996 the Pharmacy section was founded and later on in 2001 the Physiotherapy was founded as well.

Nowadays Faculty of Medicine, University of Prishtina is an integral part of University Clinical Center of Kosovo.

Departments, Students

About 1,985 students attend medical lectures every year.
The actual Minister of Health, Prof. Dr. Ferid Agani, stated that "Faculty of Medicine is looking forward to become an independent part of University of Pristina, and the whole idea is to create Biomedical University whose rector will be a doctor, and the six departments of Faculty of Medicine will be transferred to the Biomedical University.
If established, the Medical Science Faculty will be the third public university in Kosovo, right after University of Pristina and University of Prizren.

Regulation and oversight

Ministry of Health

The Ministry of Health  operates under the Government of Kosovo in accordance with its Constitution and applicable laws. The Government of Kosovo is composed by the prime minister, vice-prime ministers and ministers.  It is located in the centre of the capital of Kosovo, Prishtina.
The work of Ministry of Health is organized through the Department of Finance and general Services, Legal Department, Department for Health Information Systems, Department for Health Services, Department for European Integration and Policy Coordination, Department for Strategic Health Development and Department for Health Services in Prisons.
The Ministry of Health is responsible, among others, to draft policies and ensure law implementation, promote non-discrimination approach on health care system, sets norms and standards respecting relevant international health standards. The ministry of Health coordinates activities in the health sector including environment protection.
Kosovo Health care functions are based on the following principles: equity, quality, equal treatment, sustainable financial conditions, cost-efficient services.

Directorate of Health, Municipality of Prishtina

Department of Health and Social Welfare

According to the local government laws, the department of Health and Social Welfare creates strategies for primary health care, diagnosis and basic health care, including minor surgeries, oral health promotion and basic dental care, quality assurance of food and water, ensuring the provision of social services and families within its territory, through the activities of the Center for Social Work (CSW) or by providing financial or other assistance to non-governmental organizations dealing with this activity.

Public Health Care Institution's Human Resources compared to other countries

The table below shows, Human Resources working in Public Health Care institutions in Kosovo, compared to other countries, based on Health Sector Strategy provided from Ministry of Health Kosovo.

Health care system efficiency and equity

Different national and international reports have shown that Kosovo inhabitants are very unsatisfied with health care services offered, and corruption is prevalent and a persistent challenge for health sector, though such conclusions were reached without in-depth analyses. UNDP committed on designing Public Pulse Report, to conduct more in-depth analyses around perceptions of corruption in health sector, and measure patient satisfaction with health care services in Kosovo.
Public Pulse Report recruited a sample of 1,334 patients, who were treated in public health care institutions around Kosovo.
Results showed that patients are highly satisfied with health care services offered, due to the fact that more than 70% answered to be satisfied or very satisfied with the health care services, personnel and support they received in the health care institutions. Meanwhile, corruption was shown to be less prevalent than reported in other studies, only 4% of respondents solicited for a bribe during their most recent visit in public health care centers.
 Overall satisfaction with healthcare institutions

Results of Public Pulse Report, indicate that respondents were generally satisfied with health care services offered in Family Medicine Centers, Regional hospitals and University Clinical Center of Kosovo.
The highest dissatisfaction was shown with University Clinical Center performance. Almost 30% of respondents were unsatisfied with treatment offered. On the other hand, 70% were satisfied or highly satisfied.
Additionally, 25% of patients treated on Regional Hospitals and Family Medicine Centers were unsatisfied or very unsatisfied with health care services, while only 15% of patients treated on private clinics were unsatisfied. Meanwhile, patients who visited pharmacies expressed high satisfaction with services obtained, 86% were satisfied.
Therefore, the most satisfied patients were the ones who received services in pharmacies and private health care institutions, followed by patients who were treated in Regional Hospitals and Family Medicine Centers.
 Costs of medical treatments

Majority of Public Pulse Report respondents (43%), declared that they did not pay for services offered in public health care institutions. Only 666 respondents out of 1,334, paid for health care services provided.
Patients coming from rural areas, approximately pay 50 to 200 Euros, to travel to their closest medical center, which still remains one of the most concerning problems of Kosovo health care system.
 Doctors performance

Public Pulse Report respondents (16%), were mostly concerned of the short time doctors spent with them and their involvement in decision-making was very low. The strongest attribute of Kosovo doctors is the respect they give to their patients, since only 225 (15%) of patients complained on that side.
 Perceptions on presence of corruption on health care

Corruption still remains a big challenge for public health care institutions. From the Public Pulse Report, 52 respondents (4%) of the sample answered affirmatively, indicating that they were solicited during their last visit. On the other hand, the majority (96%) did not report such situations. Bribes are mostly used as a way to obtain easier and earlier health care services in public health care institutions.

Immunization

Kosovo has a fixed and regimented childhood immunization schedule as part of the Kosovo National Immunization Program. This schedule is supported by Article 28 of the Law for Prevention and Fighting against Infectious Diseases 2007 that mandates that childhood vaccination for tuberculosis, hepatitis B, whooping cough, diphtheria, child paralysis, tetanus, measles, parotitis and rubella are obligatory. According to the same law, failure to adhere to this will result in a 500 to 1000 euro fine.

Drug efficacy and safety

In the region of Prishtina there are 116 Licensed Pharmacies Registered. They are all licensed from Kosovo Medicines Agency (KMA) and Kosovo Customs which has the duty to control the import of pharmaceutical products and medical devices. Hence, a valid import license is required in order to import these products and it is regulated by the Law on Medical products and Equipment, No. 03/L-188, Article 14, and other legal norms. KMA is liable to protect the health, provide quality and guaranteed medical products, equipment, and services through the licensing of professional companies and individuals and yet, "regulates the production, import and distribution of medicinal products, active substances, herbal products, dietary supplements, excipients, therapeutic dosage vitamins, medical equipment (medical imaging machines, medical lasers, life support equipment, in vitro diagnostic, etc)."

Kosovo Health Care Budget

The table below shows Kosovo Health Care Budget for 2012, based on Health Statistics 2012 report prepared from Kosovo Prime Minister's office.

Health Reform
Health reform system has been discussed for a long time on the post-war period. Fourteen years after the 1999 war, year 2014 still marks serious problems in health sector, including ongoing efforts on health care reform and health care insurance law implementation. Delays on law voting process, because of some technical errors, have a direct impact on beginning of reformation process of the health care system. These delays on implementation are mostly happening because of the ongoing debate if the law should or should not state that public sector should be divided from the private sector of health care system. Health care specialists claim that opposition of dividing private from public sector is intended to be done by law with a purpose of undergoing the ambiguity embedded in UCCK. Recently, Chambers of Doctors started operating, which now immediately will lead to further progression on health reform. The Chamber of Doctors is going to be responsible in forming the ethical code and also to decentralize and carry out major responsibilities that currently are carried by Ministry of Health. In on-ongoing public debates on Health Care System and Health Care Insurance law, some small changes are requested in favor of citizens, including also health care insurance coverage for every citizen of Kosovo.

Health Insurance
Health Insurance through years

Health care sector within the last 60 years, has passed through a very difficult transition period.
If we go back in time, we find out that social insurance, also including health insurance packages, in Kosovo first started on 1945 based on some by-laws. During that time there were many attempts, trying to spread health insurance packages in different society categories. After some profound constitutional changes on former Yugoslavia on 1965, all inhabitants got covered by a basic health insurance package, founded by  Government's special fund. Starting from 70s to 90s because of a very complicated political situation, Kosovo inhabitants were not allowed to get covered by any health insurance packages. Starting from 1999, when Kosovo finally became independent, there was a 60 million dollars investment in health sector, though small progressions are done by now.

Health Insurance in recent years

Starting from 2007, Kosovo health insurance law was approved. Funds for health insurance packages were collected from personal income taxes. After a period of time, generating health insurance funds from community incomes, did not prove to function in the right way, so now health insurance law is being reconsidered. Comparing Kosovo to other regional countries, we can state that Kosovo is the only regional country that still does not have an approved and functional health insurance law. Kosovo Healthcare Reform includes some profound changes on financial, organizational and functional healthcare system, targeting here also the Health Insurance Law.

Kosovo Federation of Health Syndicate is fully dedicated to accomplish legal structure that is needed for further processing with health insurance law.
Kosovo federation of Health Syndicate main targets are the following:
 Constructing legal infrastructure, than creating Health Insurance Law;
 Offering a basic package for all Kosovo inhabitants;
 Offering qualitative services;
 Creating and maintaining regional network with other states, learning from their experiences.

Though health insurance is an essential human right, nowadays many Kosovo inhabitants still consider health insurance as an expensive luxury privilege. Up to date, all health care services provided in public facilities are covered by Governmental funds, distributed to the Municipal Health Directorate. Only 2% of Kosovo inhabitants are covered by private health insurance companies.

Private Insurance Companies

Private Insurance Companies are organized in a joint association called the Insurance Association of Kosovo (IAS). This association was established in 2002 with the agreement of the licensed  insurance companies in Kosovo. They seek to improve the insurance industry in Kosovo, to stabilize the insurance market and to offer trainings to the companies.
The insurance companies in Kosovo are the following:

Medical Agencies and Associations
Patients' Rights Association in Kosovo (PRAK) is an independent and non-profit association. Its main activities include promotion, education, public meetings, information outreach, conferences, and seminars.

Albanian Health Initiative (AHI) goal is to identify and eliminate health care inequalities that exist in the Albanian-American community. This initiative promotes preventive screening measures and efficient utilized health care resources, in order to improve the quality of care and strengthen the patient-physician relationship. Also, a very precious member of AHI is Dr. James Strickler. Since 2000, Dr. James C. Strickler, Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Family Medicine Doctor, and former Dean of Dartmouth Medical School, has supervised the student exchange program between Dartmouth Medical School and University of Pristina, Faculty of Medicine. More than 200 students have benefited from the program. Some of the Albanian exchange students have successfully obtained ECFMG certification, who have done research for medical institutions in the United States and have joined the Albanian American Medical Society. With the ongoing effort of Dr. Strickler, Geisel Medical School has raised more than $4.5 million for the development of health care programs in Kosovo.

Albanian Health Fund (AHF) has recruited, planned, and sent small teams of medical and surgical personnel to Albania who participated in teaching and clinical interaction with Albanian specialists. The AHF main goals are continuation of tutorials on given medical specialties for the Albanian medical community, providing medical supplies and equipment, organizing medical study trips to the United States for selected Albanian doctors and many other public activities.

MediGAL is the association of health managers in Kosovo. It has done many activities, where as the latest and most important activity was the Swedish donation of 350 external breast prostheses for patients with surgical mastectomy. The donation came from the Swedish association called Parlan which was established by women who have had problems of this nature.
The Ministry of Health of Kosovo has recently signed a cooperation agreement with the Association of Kosovo Medigal Health Management and Special Education Organization "Ozel Egitim Kurumlari Irem" from Turkey, for extensive cooperation in health sector. This agreement was signed by Minister of Health, Prof. Dr. Ferid Agani, Dr. Genc Demjaha DMD, MBA from MediGAL and Mr. Zylfikar Aklar for Irem Ozel Egitim Kurumlari. The agreement commits on helping patients to being treated in Turkey by medical specialists, if those cases cannot be treated in Kosovo.

See also
 Government of Kosovo
 Demographics of Kosovo

References

External links
 UCCK
 American Hospital in Prishtina
 EDA Hospital in Prishtina
 QKSUK
 Ministria e Shendetesise
 Siguria
 Sigkos
 Sigal Uniqa Group Austria
 Illyria
 Elsig
 Faculty of Medicine

Hospitals in Kosovo


title: Madison Township, Fremont County, Iowa

text:
Madison Township is one of thirteen townships in Fremont County, Iowa, United States.  As of the 2010 census, its population was 141 and it contained 68 housing units.

Geography
As of the 2010 census, Madison Township covered an area of ; of this,  (99.35 percent) was land and  (0.65 percent) was water.

Cemeteries
The township contains Beehive Cemetery, Columbia and French Cemetery, Mount Olive Cemetery, Stauch Cemetery, Utterback Cemetery and Wesleyan Cemetery.

Transportation
 Iowa Highway 333
 U.S. Route 275

School districts
 Farragut Community School District
 Hamburg Community School District

Political districts
 Iowa's 3rd congressional district
 State House District 23
 State Senate District 12

References

External links
 City-Data.com

Townships in Iowa
Townships in Fremont County, Iowa


title: Monroe Township, Fremont County, Iowa

text:
Monroe Township is one of thirteen townships in Fremont County, Iowa, United States.  As of the 2010 census, its population was 230 and it contained 99 housing units.

History
Monroe Township was organized in 1855.

Geography
As of the 2010 census, Monroe Township covered an area of , all land.

Cities, towns, villages
 Imogene

Cemeteries
The township contains Monroe Cemetery and Mount Calvary Cemetery.

Transportation
 U.S. Route 59

School districts
 Farragut Community School District
 Fremont-Mills Community School District
 Shenandoah Community School District

Political districts
 Iowa's 3rd congressional district
 State House District 23
 State Senate District 12

References

External links
 City-Data.com

Townships in Iowa
Townships in Fremont County, Iowa


title: Prairie Township, Fremont County, Iowa

text:
Prairie Township is one of thirteen townships in Fremont County, Iowa, United States.  As of the 2010 census, its population was 115 and it contained 58 housing units.

Geography
As of the 2010 census, Prairie Township covered an area of ; of this,  (99.28 percent) was land and  (0.72 percent) was water.

Cemeteries
The township contains Chamber Cemetery and Wagner Cemetery.

Transportation
 Iowa Highway 2

School districts
 Farragut Community School District
 Sidney Community School District

Political districts
 Iowa's 3rd congressional district
 State House District 23
 State Senate District 12

References

External links
 City-Data.com

Townships in Iowa
Townships in Fremont County, Iowa


title: Riverside Township, Fremont County, Iowa

text:
Riverside Township is one of thirteen townships in Fremont County, Iowa, United States.  As of the 2010 census, its population was 313 and it contained 150 housing units.

Geography
As of the 2010 census, Riverside Township covered an area of ; of this,  (99.14 percent) was land and  (0.86 percent) was water.

Cities, towns, villages
 Randolph

Cemeteries
The township contains Duff Cemetery, Randolph Cemetery and Riverside Cemetery.

School districts
 Farragut Community School District
 Fremont-Mills Community School District
 Sidney Community School District

Political districts
 Iowa's 3rd congressional district
 State House District 23
 State Senate District 12

References

External links
 City-Data.com

Townships in Iowa
Townships in Fremont County, Iowa


title: Riverton Township, Fremont County, Iowa

text:
Riverton Township is one of thirteen townships in Fremont County, Iowa, United States.  As of the 2010 census, its population was 380 and it contained 181 housing units.

Geography
As of the 2010 census, Riverton Township covered an area of ; of this,  (95.72 percent) was land and  (4.28 percent) was water.

Cities, towns, villages
 Farragut (west edge)
 Riverton

Cemeteries
The township contains Riverton Cemetery.

School districts
 Farragut Community School District
 Hamburg Community School District
 Sidney Community School District

Political districts
 Iowa's 3rd congressional district
 State House District 23
 State Senate District 12

References

External links
 City-Data.com

Townships in Iowa
Townships in Fremont County, Iowa


title: Scott Township, Fremont County, Iowa

text:
Scott Township is one of thirteen townships in Fremont County, Iowa, United States.  As of the 2010 census, its population was 486 and it contained 217 housing units.

Geography
As of the 2010 census, Scott Township covered an area of ; of this,  (96.83 percent) was land and  (3.17 percent) was water.

Cities, towns, villages
 Bartlett
 Thurman

Cemeteries
The township contains Ewell Cemetery, Mackey Cemetery, Thurman Cemetery and Thurman Cemetery.

Transportation
 Interstate 29

Lakes
 Forney Lake

School districts
 Fremont-Mills Community School District
 Sidney Community School District

Political districts
 Iowa's 3rd congressional district
 State House District 23
 State Senate District 12

References

External links
 City-Data.com

Townships in Iowa
Townships in Fremont County, Iowa


title: Teesdalia

text:
Teesdalia is a genus in the plant family Brassicaceae. They are herbaceous plants native mostly to Europe and to the Mediterranean region. Shepherdscress is a common name for these plants.

Species
Only two species are currently accepted by The Plant List, although a few others have "unresolved" status:

Teesdalia coronopifolia (J.P.Bergeret) Thell.
Teesdalia nudicaulis (L.) W.T.Aiton

References

Brassicaceae
Brassicaceae genera


title: Germia Park

text:
Germia (, ) is a regional park located in the northeast of Pristina, Kosovo, and covers an area of 62 square kilometres. This mountain massif is a part of the Rhodope Mountains, which lie from the Black Mountain of Skopje to Kopaonik mountains. Its highest point, Butos Peak, is 1050 meters above sea level and its lowest 663 meters above sea level.

Due to its geographical position and climate conditions, Germia massif has a rich fauna with 63 species of animals and a variety of about 600 species of flora.
In 1987, the "Germia" complex was taken under protection by Pristina's Municipal Assembly in the category of the Regional Nature Park and is now managed by the publicly owned enterprise "Hortikultura". However, according to International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Germia should be designated as a protected landscape.

History

According to the classification of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Germia's protected area is part of the defense category V (Protected Landscape) of objects with special significance for protection. According to IUCN, this area was evidenced in the Green List of Protected Areas of 1997, in which Sharri's National Park is the only other are from Kosovo. In 1966, a portion of Germia was declared as a "forest for picnic", while in 1979 it entered the second category (rational and controlled exploitation of natural resources).

Relief

In geological terms, it has been determined that Germia mountain massif consists of layers formed during the Paleozoic, Mesozoic and the Cenozoic eras, where the flysch character limestone, silica and sand are dominant.
The pedological composition mostly consists of skeletal and half-skeletal soils. Predominantly, there are maroon-colored flysch character lands, shale rocks and deep brown soil. Germia mountain massif consists of hills and slopes of different heights which are separated by valleys, streams and rivers. The Vellusha river valleys, which stems in the western part of Butos' hill, is worth mentioning. The hills of Butos represent the most characteristic landscape, with over 1000 meters altitude and length of approximately 8 kilometers. This part lies between the river of Prishtina on the north and the Badovc Lake on the south.

Climate

According to the Hydrometeorological Institute of Kosovo (HIK), the average annual temperature is 9.8*C while the annual rainfall is 605 millimeters. July and August are the warmest months, with an approximate temperature of 19.5*C and the coldest month is January with a temperature of -1.5*C. These values of temperature vary by 1*C to 2*C, depending on the sea level.

Hydrology

In hydrological terms, due to the small amount of annual rainfall, geological base, etc., Germia is quite poor in water. Vellusha and Prishtina's river are considered slightly larger bodies of water. There are also plenty of water resources in Germia which dry partially during the year. Nowadays, these water sources are connected in a network that transmits water to Germia's swimming pool.

Species
The Germia massif is the most important biodiversity area of Pristina. It has 610 types of vascular floras classified in 82 families, 5 of which are endemic and twelve are medical species. There is also a large number of extinct plants such as bushy bedstraw (Galium mateii) and northern holly fern (Polystichum lonchitis), as well as some endangered plants like Macedonian oak (Quercus trojana), Illyrian buttercup (Ranunculus illyricus), lady orchid (Orchis purpurea) etc. 83 types of mushrooms were identified including porcini (Boletus edulis), chanterelle (Cantharellus cibarius), Caesar's mushroom (Amanita cesarea) etc.
Over 75% of Germia Park surface is covered by Hungarian oak, Turkey oak, sessile oak and common beech genus. Vegetation of Gërmia consists of four forest genera: Hungarian and Turkey oak (Quercetum frainetoo cerris scardicum Kras.), hornbeam (Carpinus betulus), sessile oak (Quercus sessiliflora) and common beech (Fagus sylvatica).
Five species of amphibians including fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) and European tree frog (Hyla arborea), seven species of reptiles represented by wall lizard (Lacerta muralis) and Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermani), thirty-two species of birds - golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), imperial eagle  (Aquila heliacal), woodpecker (Picidae) and nineteen species of mammals which include European hedgehog (Erinaceus europeus) and squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris). Insects compromise the largest animal group on this massif.

Recreation
The recreation area covers an area of 41.40.52 ha, where most of the area is coated with forests of oak and beech while the rest includes meadows, roads and other infrastructure. This area starts from Germia's pool and stretches to the beginning of the ski lift, including meadows, children's playground, sports terrains and inns. The meadow, which begins at the entrance of the area is surrounded by forests of oak and beech and it is regulated as a picnic spot. The surface of it was reduced after the regulation of the parking lots. Three restaurants were built after the war in this area.

Gallery

References

Geography of Pristina
Tourist attractions in Pristina
Parks in Kosovo


title: Sidney Township, Fremont County, Iowa

text:
Sidney Township is one of thirteen townships in Fremont County, Iowa, United States.  As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,741 and it contained 767 housing units.

Geography
As of the 2010 census, Sidney Township covered an area of ; of this,  (99.78 percent) was land and  (0.22 percent) was water.

Cities, towns, villages
 Anderson
 Sidney

Cemeteries
The township contains Abshire Cemetery, Acord Cemetery, Benson Cemetery, Fremont County Cemetery, Grandview Cemetery, Hume Cemetery, Knox Cemetery, Lacy Cemetery, Parsley Cemetery, Rector Cemetery, Redd Cemetery and Sidney Cemetery.

Transportation
 Iowa Highway 2
 U.S. Route 275

School districts
 Sidney Community School District

Political districts
 Iowa's 3rd congressional district
 State House District 23
 State Senate District 12

References

External links
 City-Data.com

Townships in Iowa
Townships in Fremont County, Iowa


title: Walnut Township, Fremont County, Iowa

text:
Walnut Township is one of thirteen townships in Fremont County, Iowa, United States.  As of the 2010 census, its population was 145 and it contained 66 housing units.

Geography
As of the 2010 census, Walnut Township covered an area of , all land.

Transportation
 Iowa Highway 2

School districts
 Farragut Community School District
 Shenandoah Community School District

Political districts
 Iowa's 3rd congressional district
 State House District 23
 State Senate District 12

References

External links
 City-Data.com

Townships in Iowa
Townships in Fremont County, Iowa


title: Washington Township, Fremont County, Iowa

text:
Washington Township is one of thirteen townships in Fremont County, Iowa, United States.  As of the 2010 census, its population was 350 and it contained 155 housing units.

Geography
As of the 2010 census, Washington Township covered an area of ; of this,  (98.79 percent) was land and  (1.21 percent) was water.

Cemeteries
The township contains Austin Cemetery, Baker Cemetery, Brown Cemetery, Buckham Cemetery, Frost Cemetery, Hamburg Cemetery, Lovelady Cemetery, Means Cemetery, Saint Marys Cemetery and Slusher Cemetery.

Transportation
 Interstate 29
 Iowa Highway 2
 Iowa Highway 333
 U.S. Route 275

School districts
 Hamburg Community School District
 Sidney Community School District

Political districts
 Iowa's 3rd congressional district
 State House District 23
 State Senate District 12

References

External links
 City-Data.com

Townships in Iowa
Townships in Fremont County, Iowa