title: Gaston Dumont

text:
Gaston Dumont (24 December 1932 – 21 May 1978) was a Luxembourgian cyclist. He competed in the individual road race event at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

References

External links

1932 births
1978 deaths
Luxembourgian male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Luxembourg
Cyclists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Place of birth missing


title: Tsholotsho High School

text:
Tsholotsho High School is a co-educational, secondary school that is located in Tsholotsho 113 km south west of Zimbabwe's second largest city, Bulawayo. It was established in 1977 as Tsholotsho Secondary School.

References

High schools in Zimbabwe
Education in Matabeleland North Province
Educational institutions established in 1977
1977 establishments in Rhodesia


title: Milroy State Bank Building

text:
The Milroy State Bank Building is located in the small town of Milroy, Minnesota at the intersection of Superior Street and Euclid Avenue (Minnesota State Highway 68). The building was a former community bank built in 1902 by a group of businessmen from Springfield, Minnesota. It is nearly identical to the Clements State Bank Building in Clements, Minnesota representing the commercial investment of outsiders in a string of towns platted on a new railroad line, the Minnesota Western Branch of Chicago and North Western Railway.

The bank closed in 1930 and was used for several purposes including a doctors office, and a bank exchange. It was the post office of Milroy from 1951 until 1989 when a new post office was built. On August 11, 1980 the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places along with several other buildings in Redwood County, Minnesota.

Throughout the years the building stood abandoned, sitting unheated and the roof had also collapsed. In 2009 a local, Sunny Ruthchild, purchased the building for around $1,000 and renovated it which included improvements to the roof, restoration of the floors, and the installation of high-efficiency windows and a geothermal heat pump. The upper part of the building is currently leased as an apartment and the lower part currently sits empty with plans to turn it into a small business such as a bakery or café.

See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Redwood County, Minnesota

References

Bank buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota
Buildings and structures in Redwood County, Minnesota
Commercial buildings completed in 1902
National Register of Historic Places in Redwood County, Minnesota


title: Weightlifting at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's 48 kg

text:
The Women's 48 kg weightlifting event was the lightest women's event at the competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 48 kilograms of body mass. The competition took place on 24 July at 15:00 and was the first Weightlifting event to conclude. The event took place at the Clyde Auditorium.

Result

References

Weightlifting at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Common


title: Robert Allerton (priest)

text:
Robert Allerton (died 19 April 1437) was a Canon of Windsor from 1432 to 1437.

Career

He was appointed:
Prebendary of Cropredy in Lincoln 1420
Rector of Amersham 1420
Prebendary of Ripon 1420
Prebendary of Bracklesham in Chichester

He was appointed to the eleventh stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1432 and held the canonry until 1437.

Notes

1437 deaths
Canons of Windsor
Year of birth unknown


title: Canadian Guild of Potters

text:
The Canadian Guild of Potters was a non-profit organization of Canadian ceramic artists that was active from 1936 to 1978.

Foundation

The founding members of the Canadian Guild of Potters were Nunzia D'Angelo, Robert Montgomery and Bobs Cogill Haworth.
Howarth was the first honorary president, Montgomery was chairman and Molly Satterly was secretary.
Although representing itself as a national organization, most of the early members were based in Toronto.
The Guild held its first meeting on 20 March 1936. Mary Dignam's representative invited them to become an affiliate of the Women's Art Association of Canada (WAAC) and to hold their meetings in the WAAC building at 23 Prince Arthur Avenue in Toronto.
Shortly after being founded, in 1936 the Canadian Guild of Potters decided to join the Canadian Handicrafts Guild, based in Montreal.

Activities

In the early years most of the members were amateurs and quality was a concern.  In 1943 Pearl McCarthy wrote in The Globe and Mail, "If this art craft is to advance in quality and number of workers it will need the kind of new member who is willing to take both chemistry and art seriously."
Outside Quebec, this amateur image was an ongoing problem, although professionalism grew steadily over the years. Nunzia D'Angelo made great efforts to ensure that members could exhibit on the Ceramic National exhibitions organized by the New York State College of Ceramics.

The Canadian sculptor Elizabeth Wyn Wood gave a speech on "Handicrafts in Relation to Community Art Centres in Canada". at the National Arts Club in New York City on 21 March 1945 that was reproduced in part in the summer issue of Canadian Art.
She noted the important role of the Canadian Guild of Potters, and of ceramic educators such as Peter Haworth and Bobs Cogill Haworth at the Central Technical School in Toronto.

An exhibition was held in the Art Gallery of Toronto in March–April 1950 for the 50th anniversary of the gallery. All the visual art schools, styles and media were represented. The Canadian Guild of Potters was among the eight art societies that contributed to the show.
The guild held exhibitions of Canadian Ceramics / Céramiques canadiennes in Montreal and Toronto every two years from 1955 to 1971.
Ceramics selected from the second national Canadian Guild of Potters exhibition in 1957 were selected by jury for the Canadian Fine Crafts show that year, the first national juried crafts show in Canada.
The Guild sent three representatives to the First World Congress of Craftsmen, held on 8–19 June 1964 at Columbia University.

The Guild eventually lost momentum, and was replaced around 1975 by an organization named Ceramic Masters Canada, later renamed Ceramists Canada.

Members

Noted members of the Guild included Florence Wyle (1881-1968), Bobs Cogill Haworth (1900-1988) and Eileen Hazell (1903-1984).

References
Citations

Sources

Arts organizations based in Canada
Arts organizations established in 1936


title: Robert Felton (priest)

text:
Robert Felton (died 1438) was a Canon of Windsor from 1428 to 1432.

Career

He was appointed:
Prebendary of St Stephen's Westminster 1423 - 1438
Rector of St Vedast Foster Lane 1425 - 1438
Prebendary of Bracklesham in Chichester 1432
Almoner to Henry VI 1432
Prebendary of Cadington Major in St Paul's 1433 - 1438

He was appointed to the eleventh stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1428 and held the canonry until 1432.

Notes

1438 deaths
Canons of Windsor
Year of birth unknown


title: William Gyloth

text:
William Gyloth (also Gillot) (d. 1428) was a Canon of Windsor from 1401 to 1428.

Career
He was appointed:
Rector of St Andrew Hubbard 1421 - 1427
Steward of St George's Chapel, Windsor 1410

He was appointed to the eleventh stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1428 and held the canonry until 1432.

Notes

1428 deaths
Canons of Windsor
Year of birth unknown


title: Tetsuo Osawa

text:
is a former Japanese cyclist. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics.

References

External links

1936 births
Living people
Japanese male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Japan
Cyclists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Hokkaido
Asian Games medalists in cycling
Cyclists at the 1958 Asian Games
Asian Games gold medalists for Japan
Medalists at the 1958 Asian Games


title: Mahmoud Dashti

text:
Mahmoud Dashti is a football player playing for Al-Arabi SC in the Kuwaiti Premier League and Kuwait national football team playing as a winger and a striker.

Youth Years
Mahmoud was Playing football in Al Arabi SC since he was young with the under-14 team but didn't win any trophies or titles but stood out to be one of the best in the league and age division.

Professional career
Mahmoud started his professional career with Al Arabi SC in 2013–14 season and was called up for the Kuwait national football team in the late 2014 of the season.

Al-Arabi SC

2013–14
Mahmoud made his debut vs Khaitan Sporting Club in an 8–0 Victory which he made 2 assists  in the game he won the Kuwait Federation Cup vs Al-Salmiya SC which he was The Man Of The Match, He played his first Classico match vs Qadsia SC in the Emir Cup semi-final second leg which they lost 2–0 on penalties which ended his season  with 4 assists and 1 goal.

2014–15
Mahmoud started the season with the Kuwait national football team to begin training early for the international cups and returned to Al-Arabi SC to start the season vs Kazma SC but did not play any games since start of the season only playing for the reserves. He won his second trophy with the team on December 14, 2014 after defeating  Kuwait SC in the final 4–2 (aet) in the Kuwait Crown Prince Cup.

2015–16

At the start of the pre-season he got injured with Cut in cruciate ligament which made him miss most of the season. On January 27, 2016 he came back to Kuwait after a successful operation in Barcelona.

2016-17

At the beginning of the season in September he under went surgery of Qdharov in his right knee, keeping him out of the green pitch for around 4 months.

National career

Under-19 & 21
Mahmoud started with Kuwait U-19 and played the Gulf Cup U-19.
Then was called up for Kuwait U-21.

Kuwait national football team
 Mahmoud was called up to the Kuwait national football team in late 2013–14 football season to compete in Gulf Cup of Nations and AFC Asian Cup.

After not making it to the team 23 man list Mahmoud was called up for the U-23 to compete in the 2015 Gulf Cup of Nations U-23.
Kuwait lost the first match to UAE 2–0 where he was on the bench.
After that he scored for in a win against  Qatar 3–0.
After losing the final to KSA 5–2.

Personal life
Mahmoud got married at the age of 20 in early 2013.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Club
Al Arabi SC:

VIVA Premier League:(0)
(Runner-up):1 2014–15
Kuwait Federation Cup (1): 2013–14
Kuwait Crown Prince Cup (1):2014–15

(runner-up):1 2013–14

National

Gulf Cup of Nations Under 23:0

Runner Up 2015

Individual
Al Arabi SC Under-19 player of the year: 2013
VIVA Premier League 2014 Man of the Match: x1

See also
Al-Arabi SC

References

Living people
Kuwaiti people of Iranian descent
Kuwaiti men's footballers
1993 births
Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait) players
Men's association football forwards
Kuwait men's international footballers
Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games
Footballers from Kuwait City
Asian Games competitors for Kuwait
Kuwait Premier League players


title: Elmo, Sorano

text:
Elmo is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Sorano, province of Grosseto, in the tuff area of southern Maremma. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 44.

Elmo is about 90 km from Grosseto and 6 km from Sorano, and it is situated along the Provincial Road which links Sorano to Selvena. The village is situated at the foot of the Monte Elmo, one of the southern slopes of Monte Amiata.

Main sights
 San Giovanni Decollato, modern parish church of the village, it was built in the 20th century next to the primitive church dating back to the 16th century.
 Abbey of Montecalvello, built in the Early Middle Ages, it hosted the Benedictine monks and gave shelter to pope Gregory VII in the 11th century. The building is now in ruins.

References

Bibliography
 Carlo Citter, Guida agli edifici sacri della Maremma, Siena, Nuova Immagine Editrice, 2002.

See also
 Castell'Ottieri
 Cerreto, Sorano
 Montebuono, Sorano
 Montevitozzo
 Montorio, Sorano
 San Giovanni delle Contee
 San Quirico, Sorano
 San Valentino, Sorano
 Sovana

Frazioni of Sorano


title: Super League XX

text:
The Super League XX, known as the First Utility Super League XX for sponsorship reasons, was the 2015 season of Super League.

Twelve teams competed over 23 rounds, including the Magic Weekend, after which the eight highest entered the play-offs for a place in the Grand Final. The four lowest teams entered the Super League Qualifying Play-off, along with the four highest Championship teams, to decide which will play in Super League XXI.

Leeds Rhinos became only the 3rd team to complete the Treble after defeating Wigan Warriors 22-20 in front of a new record attendance of 73,512 at Old Trafford to win their 7th Super League title.

Teams
Super League XX is the first year since 2008 in which there is a promotion and relegation with the Championship. Super League has been reduced to 12 teams as part of the re-structuring of Super League and the Championship.

Eleven teams in Super League are from the North of England: five teams, Warrington, St. Helens, Salford, Wigan and Widnes, west of the Pennines in the historic county of Lancashire and six teams, Huddersfield, Wakefield Trinity, Leeds, Castleford, Hull F.C. and Hull Kingston Rovers, to the east in Yorkshire. Catalans Dragons, in Perpignan, France, are the only team outside the North of England. With Bradford Bulls and London Broncos being relegated last season, this leaves St Helens, Wigan Warriors, Warrington Wolves and Leeds Rhinos as the only teams to have played in every season of Super League since 1996.

Regular season table
The regular season sees teams play each other home and away, and one team for a third time at the Magic Weekend. After 23 games, the "Super 8's" begin and the league is split into two mini leagues. Teams finishing in the top 8 compete in the Super League Super 8s while teams finishing in the bottom four will join the top 4 teams from the Championship in The Qualifiers to determine who will play in next seasons Super League.

Super 8s

Super League
The Super League Super 8's sees the top 8 Super League teams play 7 games each. Each team's points are carried over with top 4 teams entering the playoffs for the Super League Grand Final.

The Qualifiers
The Qualifiers sees the bottom 4 teams from Super League join the top 4 teams from the Championship. The points totals are reset to 0 and each team plays 7 games each, playing every other team once. After 7 games each the teams finishing 1st, 2nd, and 3rd gain qualification to Super League XXI in 2016. The teams finishing 4th and 5th playoff in the Million Pound Game for the final spot in next seasons Super League. The loser of the Million Pound Game along with the teams finishing 6th, 7th and 8th will play in next seasons Championship

Playoffs

Super League

Million Pound Game

Player statistics

Top Try Scorers

Top goalscorers

Top try assists

Top points scorers

End-of-season awards
Awards are presented for outstanding contributions and efforts to players and clubs in the week leading up to the Super League Grand Final:

 Man of Steel: Zak Hardaker
 Coach of the year: Brian McDermott
 Super League club of the year:  Leeds Rhinos
 Young player of the year: George Williams
 Foundation of the year:  Warrington Wolves
 Rhino "Top Gun": Kevin Sinfield
 Metre-maker: Alex Walmsley  (4092)
 Top Try Scorer: Jermaine McGillvary  (27)
 Outstanding Achievement Award:
 Hit Man: Danny Houghton

Media

Television
2015 is the fourth year of a five-year contract with Sky Sports to televise 70 matches per season. The deal which runs until 2016 is worth £90million.

Sky Sports coverage in the UK will see two live matches broadcast each week, usually at 8:00 pm on Thursday and Friday nights.

Regular commentators will be  Eddie Hemmings and Mike Stephenson with summarisers including Phil Clarke, Brian Carney, Barrie McDermott and Terry O'Connor. Sky will broadcast highlights on Sunday nights on Super League - Full Time at 10 p.m.

BBC Sport will broadcast a highlights programme called the Super League Show, presented by Tanya Arnold. The BBC show two weekly broadcasts of the programme, the first to the BBC North West, Yorkshire, North East and Cumbria, and East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire regions on Monday evenings at 11:35 p.m. on BBC One, while a repeat showing is shown nationally on BBC Two on Tuesday afternoons at 1.30 p.m. The Super League Show is also available for one week after broadcast for streaming or download via the BBC iPlayer in the UK only. End of season play-offs are shown on BBC Two across the whole country in a weekly highlights package on Sunday afternoons.

Internationally, Super League is shown live or delayed on Showtime Sports (Middle East), Sky Sport (New Zealand), TV 2 Sport (Norway), Fox Soccer Plus (United States), Fox Sports (Australia) and Sportsnet World (Canada).

Radio

BBC Coverage:

 BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra (National DAB Digital Radio) will carry two Super League commentaries each week on Thursday and Friday nights (both kick off 8pm); this will be through the 5 Live Rugby league programme which is presented by Dave Woods with a guest summariser (usually a Super League player or coach) and also includes interviews and debate..
 BBC Radio Humberside will have full match commentary of all Hull KR and Hull matches.
 BBC Radio Leeds carry commentaries featuring Leeds, Castleford, Wakefield and Huddersfield.
 BBC Radio Manchester will carry commentary of Wigan and Salford whilst sharing commentary of Warrington with BBC Radio Merseyside.
 BBC Radio Merseyside (will have commentary on St Helens and Widnes matches whilst sharing commentary of Warrington with BBC Radio Manchester.

Commercial Radio Coverage:

 102.4 Wish FM will carry commentaries of Wigan & St Helens matches.
 107.2 Wire FM will carry commentaries on Warrington and Widnes matches.
 Radio Yorkshire will launch in March carrying Super League commentaries.
 Radio Warrington (Online Station) all Warrington home games and some away games.
 Grand Sud FM covers every Catalans Dragons Home Match (in French).
 Radio France Bleu Roussillon covers every Catalans Dragons Away Match (in French).

All Super League commentaries on any station are available via the particular stations on-line streaming.

References

External links
Official Site
BBC Rugby League


title: Arthur Cole (priest)

text:
Arthur Cole DD (d. 18 July 1558) was a canon of Windsor from 1543 to 1558 and president of Magdalen College, Oxford, from 1555 to 1558.

Career
He was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he graduated BA in 1518, MA in 1522, BD in 1554 and DD in 1555.

He was appointed:
Cross bearer to Cardinal Wolsey
Rector of Oddington, Gloucestershire 1547
Rector of Remenham, Berkshire 1549
Prebendary of Twyford in St Paul's 1554
Fellow of Eton College 1554
President of Magdalen College, Oxford 1555 - 1558

He was appointed to the eleventh stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1543 and held the canonry until 1558.

He was buried in the chapel at Magdalen College, Oxford, where his brass memorial remains.

Notes

1558 deaths
Canons of Windsor
Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford
Presidents of Magdalen College, Oxford
Fellows of Eton College
Year of birth missing


title: 1891 State of the Union Address

text:
The 1891 State of the Union Address was written by Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd president of the United States. It was to both houses of the 52nd United States Congress on Wednesday, December 9, 1891, by a clerk. He said, "The vista that now opens to us is wider and more glorious than ever before. Gratification and amazement struggle for supremacy as we contemplate the population, wealth, and moral strength of our country."

References

State of the Union addresses
Presidency of Benjamin Harrison
52nd United States Congress
State of the Union Address
State of the Union Address
State of the Union Address
State of the Union Address
December 1891 events
State of the Union


title: Dwntwn

text:
Dwntwn (pronounced "Downtown") is an American indie rock/pop band from Los Angeles. Formed in 2010, members include Jamie Leffler, Robert Cepeda, and Daniel Vanchieri. Their self-titled EP, "DWNTWN" was released April 29, 2014.

History
It was after a break-up with Cepeda's brother that Jamie Leffler and Robert Cepeda formed the band, starting as a duo. Staying home to write songs and work on their sounds, the two spent years perfecting their music. Soon Dwntwn became a four piece band  as their sound evolved.

In 2012, French tastemaker label, Kitsuné debuted Dwntwn's first single, "See My Eyes", to critical acclaim. This track was added to one of the label's compilation albums. Then in 2013, Dwntwn was again featured on another compilation album with Giraffage and Jhameel on the track "Move Me". Each song reached #2 on Hype Machine's popular chart.

Red Room EP
The Red Room EP was released on November 13, 2012. This EP was noted for its heavy use of the synthesizer  that really started to show the musical evolution of the group. This release led the music to be compared to Ellie Goulding, the soundtrack of the film Drive, Dev and Sia.

With the release of "Red Room", Dwntwn joined Capital Cities and Golden Field for a handful of tour dates.

Dwntwn EP to present
The group released their first single from the self-titled EP in February 2014. "Til Tomorrow" received attention from across the country and premiered on USA Today's website. In a review of the EP, it was stated that they are "seriously obsessed". with the band calling them the "LA blog version of Ellie Goulding.

In April, Dwntwn released their second single, "Missing You", written as a tribute to Leffler's late grandfather. The track debuted on Paste Magazines website in anticipation of the EP's release later that month.

Dwntwn EP was released April 29, 2014, on Jullian Records.

Discography

Extended plays
Cowboys (2012)
Red Room (2012)
Dwntwn (2014)

Singles
 "See My Eyes" (2012)
 "Til Tomorrow" (February 2014)
 "Missing You" (April 2014)

Albums
 "Racing Time" (July 2017)

References

American pop music groups
Indie rock musical groups from California
Musical groups established in 2010
Musical groups from Los Angeles
2010 establishments in California


title: Negousse Mengistou

text:
Negousse Mengistou (born 11 March 1932) is a former Ethiopian cyclist. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics.

References

External links

1932 births
Living people
Ethiopian male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Ethiopia
Cyclists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
People from Gondar
Sportspeople from Amhara Region
20th-century Ethiopian people


title: 1860 State of the Union Address

text:
The 1860 State of the Union Address was written by James Buchanan, the 15th president of the United States. It was read on Monday, December 3, 1860, to both houses of the 36th United States Congress, by a clerk. He stated, "Why is it, then, that discontent now so extensively prevails, and the Union of the States, which is the source of all these blessings, is threatened with destruction?"  He spoke on the eve of the American Civil War.

The verdict
"The long-continued and intemperate interference of the Northern people with the question of slavery in the Southern States has at length produced its natural effects. The different sections of the Union are now arrayed against each other, and the time has arrived, so much dreaded by the Father of his Country, when hostile geographical parties have been formed."

References

Presidency of James Buchanan
State of the Union addresses
36th United States Congress
State of the Union Address
State of the Union Address
State of the Union Address
State of the Union Address
December 1860 events
State of the Union


title: Richard Ryve

text:
Richard Ryve (also Reve) (d. 1594) was a Canon of Windsor from 1560 to 1594.

Career

He was educated at All Souls College, Oxford where he graduated BA in 1534, MA in 1537.

He was appointed:
Rector of Berkhamsted 1552
School master of Berkhamsted Grammar School 1552
Rector of Marsh Gibbon 1561
Prebendary of Westminster 1560
Chaplain to Queen Elizabeth I

He was appointed to the eleventh stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1560 and held the canonry until 1594.

Notes

1594 deaths
Canons of Windsor
Alumni of All Souls College, Oxford
Year of birth unknown


title: Laia (given name)

text:
Laia (pronounced Lah-yah) is a shortened version of the Catalan feminine given name Eulàlia. Saint Eulalia is the patron saint of Barcelona, so her name and its derivatives (the most popular being Laia) are popular in Spain. Laia means "fair of speech" or "well spoken" in Greek.

It may refer to:
 Laia Abril (born 1986), Catalan artist
 Laia Aleixandri (born 2000), Spanish footballer
 Laia Cañigueral (born 1981), Spanish sociologist and politician
 Laia Codina (born 2000), Spanish footballer
 Laia Costa (born 1985), Spanish actress
 Laia Forcadell (born 1982), Spanish sprinter and hurdler
 Laia Tutzó (born 1980), Spanish former sailor
 Laia Martínez i López (born 1984), Catalan writer and musician
 Laia Marull (born 1973), Spanish actress
 Laia Palau (born 1979), Spanish basketball player
 Laia Pons (born 1993), Spanish synchronized swimmer
 Laia Sanz (born 1985), Spanish motorcycle racer

Catalan feminine given names
Spanish feminine given names
Feminine given names


title: Cyclothiazomycin

text:
The cyclothiazomycins are a group of natural products, classified as thiopeptides, which are produced by various Streptomyces species of bacteria.

These compounds are ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides (RiPPs) and can be further classified as thiopeptides. The overall structure of the cyclothiazomycins comprises a   macrocyclic bicyclic peptide containing several  thiazoles  and  thiazolines. The cyclothiazomycins are reported to have multiple inhibitory effects ranging from decreasing blood pressure to interfering with RNA transcription; they also exhibit some antibiotic activity.

History
Cylothiazomycin A was first isolated from Streptomyces sp. NR0516 in 1991.  The structure of cyclothiazomycin A was solved via NMR spectroscopy and chemical degradation. Previously, a peptide compound 5102-II had been isolated in 1982 from Streptomyces hygroscopicus 10-22. The discovery of the  genes responsible for the biosynthesis of cyclothiazomycin in 2010 showed that 5102-II and cyclothiazomycin A were the same compound.

Structural analogues cyclothiazomycin B1 and B2 were isolated from Streptomyces sp. A307 and solved  in 2006 with the help of high-resolution mass spectrometry and NMR spectroscopy.

A third analogue, cyclothiazomycin C, was discovered in 2014 with the aid of genome mining,  nucleophilic 1,4-addition labeling reactions, high resolution mass spectrometry, and NMR spectroscopy.

Structure
The cyclothiazomycins are thiazole-containing bicyclic and macrocyclic peptides that are structurally similar to thiostrepton and nosiheptide.  Formally classified as thiopeptides within the larger family of ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides (RiPPs), the cyclothiazomycins are initially biosynthesized as peptides which subsequently undergo chemical modifications, including macrocyclization, aromatization, cyclodehydration, and dehydrogenation. Cyclothiazomycins exist as three analogues that differ at two amino acid residues in the core peptide. The image below denotes in red the differences between the analogues as well as the amino acid sequence that becomes the final compounds.

The structure of cyclothiazomycin A was established primarily by two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Cyclothiazomycin A contains a dehydroalanine and two dehydrohomoalanine residues within a bicyclic, macrocyclic scaffold composed of thiazolines, thiazoles, and a trisubstituted pyridine.

Cyclothiazomycin B and C vary from cyclothiazomycin A at the second and third threonine residues in the core sequence of the precursor peptide. In cyclothiazomycin B, the second threonine is an arginine.  Cyclothiazomycin B exists as a pair of  diastereomers, cyclothiazomycin B1 and cyclothiazomycin B2, that differ at the configuration of one of its dehydrohomoalanine moieties. Cyclothiazomycin B1 and B2 interconvert by isomerization in solution but are stable in the solid state.

Cyclothiazomycin C has a lysine in place of the second threonine residue found in cyclothiazomycin A and a serine residue in place of the third threonine residue, resulting in a dehydroalanine instead of the dehydrohomoalanine observed in cyclothiazomycin A.

Biosynthesis

Cyclothiazomycin is part of a class of natural products that are ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides (RiPPs). As such, cyclothiazomycin begins as a peptide that is synthesized in the bacterial ribosome. A series of chemical steps by biosynthetic enzymes transform the original peptide into the final (mature) natural product.

The gene encoding for cyclothiazomycin begins with a short open reading frame (ORF) ctmA (cltA). CtmD (cltB) encodes a "fused" TOMM cyclodehydratase believed to take part in the formation of thiazolines.  The enzyme encoded by the ctmB (cltC) gene is believed to catalyze the dehydrogenation of thiazolines to thiazoles. CtmE and ctmF (ctlE and cltF) each encode a split lanthipeptide dehydratase which dehydrates serine and threonine to dehydroalanine and dehydrobutyrine. CtmG (cltG) is believed to aide in the production of the central pyridine. CtmI (cltD) encodes a ThiF-like protein. CtmH (cltH) is a LuxR-type regulatory gene. CtmJK are not present in the cyclothiazomycin A and C clusters; there is no known function. The cltN gene is believed to encode an enzyme that is involved in the formation of the tertiary thioether, however this has not been proven and cltN is not regulated by ctmH.CtmA, ctmD, ctmF, and ctmG deletion leads to the disappearance of cyclothiazomycin A.

CtmH is a LuxR-type regulatory gene that was shown to regulate ctmA-ctmL.

Bioactivity
Each analogue of cyclothiazomycin is believed to interact with at least one biological target. Cyclothiazomycin A has been shown to inhibit  blood plasma renin leading to a decrease blood pressure; it also exhibits weak anti-fungal activity. Cyclothiazomycin B shows inhibitory activity against RNA polymerase, and it is believed to act by reducing ribosome dependent GTPase. Cyclothiazomycin B also exhibits anti-fungal activity by binding to the chitin of  cell walls, thus producing a fragile cell wall. Recently discovered cyclothiazomycin C has an unknown biological role, but cyclothiazomycins B and C both exhibit antibacterial activity against Gram-positive bacteria, including Bacillus anthracis.

References

Thiopeptides


title: Låt sommaren gunga dig

text:
"Låt sommaren gunga dig" is a song written by Bert Månson, and recorded by Carina Jaarneks orkester, scoring a 1996 hit. The song charted at Svensktoppen for 11 weeks between 24 August-2 November 1996, peaking at third position.

Sanna Nielsen recorded the song in 1998 with lyrics in English, as "I Love the Summertime", and it was then released as a single.

References

1996 songs
1998 singles
Dansband songs
Sanna Nielsen songs
Songs written by Bert Månson
Swedish-language songs


title: Edmund Nuttall (priest)

text:
Edmund Nuttall DD (d. 1616) was a Canon of Windsor from 1602 to 1616.

Career

He was educated at Pembroke College, Oxford, where he graduated with BA in 1585, an MA in 1588, and a DD in 1608.

He was appointed:

 Rector of St Mary Somerset, London, 1596–1616
 Vicar of Ruislip, 1615–1616

He was appointed to the eleventh stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1602, and held the canonry until his death in 1616.

Notes

1616 deaths
Alumni of Pembroke College, Oxford
Canons of Windsor
Year of birth unknown


title: Ankaferd BloodStopper

text:
Ankaferd BloodStopper (ABS) is a product claimed to have antihemorrhagic properties. It is used in hospitals and ambulances in Turkey to stop bleeding occurring from external bodily injuries and operations. It is the first Turkish medical product officially accredited by the Turkish Ministry of Health.

Hüseyin Cahit Fırat, the developer of ABS, is a Turkish entrepreneur. He is not a doctor of medicine, as his background of study lies in economics, with some contributions in the fields of business and journalism. Firat's interest in herbology led him to the discovery of ABS, which consists entirely of plant-based ingredients.

The final product was attested and finished in the hematology faculty of Hacettepe University in Ankara.

Features
ABS consists of 100% herbal ingredients and contains no synthetic additives. It is made from five plants:  Thymus vulgaris, Glycyrrhiza glabra, Vitis vinifera, Alpinia officinarum and Urtica dioica.

References

External links
 Ankaferd BloodStopper official site
 Hemostatic Efficacy of Folkloric Medicinal Plant Extract in a Rat Skin Bleeding Model

Antihemorrhagics
Turkish inventions


title: Thomas Horne (priest)

text:
Thomas Horne DD (d. 4 November 1636) was a Canon of Windsor from 1616 to 1636.

Career

He was educated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford where he graduated BA in 1594, and then Merton College, Oxford where he graduated MA in 1601, BD in 1616 and DD in 1625.

He was appointed:
Rector of Methley, Yorkshire 1615
Vicar of Isleworth 1622
Rector of Farnham Royal 1629

He was appointed to the eleventh stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1616 and held the canonry until 1636. He was buried in the chapel.

Notes

1636 deaths
Canons of Windsor
Alumni of Magdalen Hall, Oxford
Alumni of Merton College, Oxford
Year of birth unknown


title: International rankings of Eritrea

text:
International rankings of

Politics

Transparency International 2019 Corruption Perceptions Index, ranked 160 out of 179
Reporters Without Borders 2020 Press Freedom Index, ranked 178 out of 180 countries
World Justice Project Rule of Law Index 2019, not ranked out of 126 countries

Society

References

Politics of Eritrea
Government of Eritrea
Corruption in Eritrea


title: Till en fågel

text:
"Till en fågel" is a song written by Bert Månson, and released in 1996 by Sanna Nielsen, during the year she would later turn 12 years old.

The single peaked at the 46th position at the Swedish singles chart. The song charted at Svensktoppen for 27 weeks between 18 May-2 October 1996, and also topped the chart.

Charts

References

1996 songs
1996 debut singles
Sanna Nielsen songs
Swedish-language songs
Songs written by Bert Månson


title: Assam frog

text:
Assam frog may refer to:

 Assam Asian frog (Chiromantis simus), a frog in the family Rhacophoridae found in Bangladesh and northeastern India (Assam, Mizoram, and West Bengal states)
 Assam forest frog (Hylarana leptoglossa), a frog in the family Rhacophoridae native to Bangladesh, northeastern India, Myanmar, and western Thailand
 Assam sucker frog (Amolops formosus), a frog in the family Randidae found in northern India, northern Bangladesh, and Nepal

Animal common name disambiguation pages


title: VMF-213

text:
Marine Fighting Squadron 213 (VMF-213) was a reserve fighter squadron in the United States Marine Corps.  Nicknamed the "Hell Hawks", the squadron fought during World War II in the Philippines and at the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa.  With its assignment to the  and  Air Group 4, VMF-213 along with VMF-124 was one of the first two Marine squadrons to augment carrier air groups during World War II.  The squadron was credited with downing 117 enemy aircraft during the war.

History

World War II

VMF-213 was formed July 1, 1942 at Marine Corps Air Station Ewa, Hawaii. The squadron left MCAS Ewa on February 21, 1943 and arrived at Espiritu Santo on March 1, 1943. They received their first F4U Corsairs while at Espiritu on March 11, 1943 and after a brief stint training they moved to Guadalcanal in April 1943. On June 17, 1943, VMF-213 relieved VMF-124 in the Russell Islands. While in the Solomons, VMF-213 participated in actions against New Georgia and Kahali and flew throughout the Solomon Islands until December 1943. In mid-1943, VMF-213 harmonised the six .50 inch wing guns of their Mk I Vought F4U Corsairs to converge to a point  ahead. The squadron's usual tactic was to dive upon an enemy from the front and slightly to one side (a high-side attack using full deflection) and fire when at the convergence distance.

The squadron returned to the United States for reorganization and training at Marine Corps Air Station Mojave, California.  Their training was rigorous which can be seen by the daily record they set for Marine West Coast fighter squadrons in June 1944, when they flew 272.2 hours with the squadron's 21 aircraft averaging 13 hours each.  With VMF-124, they departed the United States on September 18, 1944 on board the  and .  After training at MCAS Ewa they met up with the USS Essex at Ulithi on December 9, 1944 and sailed west.  While on board the Essex, as part of Task Force 58, VMF-213 along with VMF-124 participated in actions against Lingayen, Luzon, Formosa, Tokyo, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa.  During this time they became one of the first US military units ever involved in Vietnam when they struck at Japanese Tojos that had stopped at Tan Son Nhut Air Base to refuel on January 12, 1945.

Captain James N. Cupp was a double flying ace with VMF-213 in the Solomon Islands. From July to September 1943 he scored at least 12 aerial victories. He received the Navy Cross and three Distinguished Flying Crosses during his service with the Hell Hawks.

Reserve years

Following the war the squadron was reactivated in the Marine Corps Reserve and based out of Naval Air Station Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota.  On June 9, 1956 a Grumman F9F-4 Panther from VMF-213 crashed into a row of houses near Wold-Chamberlain Field, striking the home at 5820 46th Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota. In addition to killing the pilot the crash killed five and injured twelve on the ground, most of whom were young children.

Squadron Aces

Unit awards
Since the beginning of World War II, the United States military has honored various units for extraordinary heroism or outstanding non-combat service. This information is compiled by the United States Marine Corps History Division and is certified by the Commandant of the Marine Corps.

See also

 United States Marine Corps Aviation
 List of United States Marine Corps aircraft squadrons
 List of decommissioned United States Marine Corps aircraft squadrons

References

Bibliography

 Sherrod, Robert. History of Marine Corps Aviation in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Combat Forces Press, 1952. .
 Tillman, Barrett. Corsair - The F4U in World War II and Korea.  Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1979. .

Web
 Air Group 4
 Marine Fighting Squadron 213

Fighting213
Inactive units of the United States Marine Corps


title: 1859 State of the Union Address

text:
The 1859 State of the Union Address was written by James Buchanan, the 15th president of the United States. It was read to both houses of the 36th United States Congress on Monday, December 19, 1859, by a clerk. Predicting the American Civil War, he stated, "Whilst it is the duty of the President 'from time to time to give to Congress information of the state of the Union,' I shall not refer in detail to the recent sad and bloody occurrences at Harpers Ferry. Still, it is proper to observe that these events, however bad and cruel in themselves, derive their chief importance from the apprehension that they are but symptoms of an incurable disease in the public mind, which may break out in still more dangerous outrages and terminate at last in an open war by the North to abolish slavery in the South."

References

State of the Union addresses
Presidency of James Buchanan
36th United States Congress
State of the Union Address
State of the Union Address
State of the Union Address
State of the Union Address
December 1859 events
State of the Union


title: Ett liv med dej

text:
"Ett liv med dej" is a power ballad written by Ingela 'Pling' Forsman, Bobby Ljunggren and Håkan Almqvist, and performed by Towe Jaarnek at Melodifestivalen 1991, where it finished second.

The single peaked at number 35 on the Swedish singles chart. The song also stayed at Svensktoppen for 10 weeks between 21 April-25 August 1991, peaking at number three.

Charts

References

1991 songs
1991 singles
Songs with lyrics by Ingela Forsman
Songs written by Bobby Ljunggren
Swedish-language songs
Melodifestivalen songs of 1991


title: Lou Grant (cartoonist)

text:
Lou Grant (December 3, 1919 – September 7, 2001) was an American editorial cartoonist. He mainly worked for the Oakland Tribune for 40 years and was the syndicated political cartoonist for the Los Angeles Times. His work was syndicated with the Los Angeles Times, and was seen daily throughout the country, as well periodically worldwide in Newsweek, (1960-1986) and Time Magazine (1960-1986). His life's work covered comedy and political satire, sports, radio, and political cartoons.

Biography
Lou Grant started his career in the newspaper business as a copy boy for the Los Angeles Examiner in 1937. He illustrated his high school yearbook at Fremont High School in Los Angeles, and worked as  a cartoonist during the war years for the Camp Roberts newspaper. His first art lesson came from winning a contest on a matchbook cover called "Learn How to Draw." He then received free lessons, but he was a natural talent.

During World War II, Grant was stationed at Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, California, where he worked for the camp newspaper, after having been diverted from the infantry unit which was sent to Anzio Beach in Italy and ended up experiencing heavy casualties. At that time he met his future writing partner in comedy, Bob Schiller, who would create All in the Family and be a comedy writer in television for I Love Lucy. They worked together as comedy writers for the radio show Duffy's Tavern.

After the war, Grant went to Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, to work with cartoonist Jimmy Hatlo, the comic strip artist for King Features Syndicate, inking the panels for They'll Do It Every Time.

After his marriage to Doris Weisel, the couple moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where Grant worked as a sports cartoonist in 1944 for the Milwaukee Sentinel. His sports cartoons were known as Swine Skin Gulch (referencing the site for the baseball stadium Borchert Field in Milwaukee).

In 1949, William Randolph Hearst recruited Grant to be the sports cartoonist for the News Cal-Bulletin in San Francisco and his cartoons appeared daily in the sports section, 1949-1953.

Grant's political career took him to the Oakland Tribune. His editorial cartoons appeared daily from 1954-1987, and he remained as then paper's editorial cartoonist until his retirement in 1986. He never took a day off due to the nature of being current with the politics of the day. The Los Angeles Times Syndicate distributed Lou Grant cartoons to newspapers and news magazines nationally on a daily basis.

Grant was memorialized by Ed Asner in the television show Lou Grant, for MTM productions.

Personal life and death
His family includes son Bill Grant, wrestling hall of fame coach, and daughter Josie Grant, artist and muralist (and archivist of the Lou Grant Archives). He lived with his family in Palo Alto and San Francisco. He later resided in Oakland, California.

He remarried Florenzi Pooley in 1973. She is the executor of his estate.

Lou Grant's obituary appeared in many newspapers nationally and locally in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Awards
Grant received many awards, including from the National Safety Council for "Drinking & Driving Awareness"; from the National Press Club, the National Headliners Organization's award for Outstanding  Editorial; The National Conference of Christians & Jews Brotherhood's award for Promoting World Peace, and posthumously the Sparky Award 2001 from the Charles M. Schulz Foundation  and The Cartoon Art Museum of San Francisco.

Grant was honored with a one-man show at the Oakland Museum of California called The Pointed Pen in 1983.

Archives
His work is archived in the collection The Best of Lou Grant of 1954-1955 cartoons and in the book Artists in California 1786 - 1940 by Edan Hughes.

The cartoons of Lou Grant are archived at The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, The Harry S. Truman Library and Museum, Independence Mo, In the Collection, Cartoons of President Harry Truman, The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA, The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, The Jimmy Carter Library and Museum, Atlanta, Georgia, The Cartoon Art Museum of San Francisco  and the Library of Congress, Washington D.C.

References

Oakland Tribune people
Los Angeles Times people
American editorial cartoonists
1919 births
2001 deaths


title: Villa Aalto

text:
The Aalto House, the home of academician Alvar Aalto, is located in Munkkiniemi, Helsinki, Finland at 20, Riihitie. The house is part of the Alvar Aalto Museum, which functions in two cities, Jyväskylä and Helsinki. The other location in Helsinki where the museum functions is Studio Aalto, which is located ca. 450 metres from the house, at Tiilimäki 20.

Background
Aalto became acquainted with Munkkiniemi and developed a liking of it when he was drafting a proposition for building along the shores of Laajalahti Bay for the company of M.G. Stenius. The proposition never materialised; it would have meant that the shores would have been lined with long, white apartment buildings. However, in 1934 Aino and Alvar Aalto acquired a lot in Munkkiniemi, in a place that was still nearly in its natural state, and designed for the lot a house which was completed in August 1936, roughly at the same time as the Viipuri Library. When the house was under construction, passers-by are said to have wondered what kind of a henhouse it was going to be, as the house was radically different from anything that had been built in Munkkiniemi by that time.

Features of the house
The house was designed to be both a home for the family and the studio of an architect. The slender office wing is in white-painted, lightly rendered brickwork. The positioning of the windows still shows clear hints of functionalism. The residential part is clad with slender, dark-stained timber battens. The roof is flat and on the courtyard side there is a large terrace opening up to the south.

The façade is toward the street, it is closed-off and harsh, but it is rendered softer by climbing plants and a slate path leading up to the front door. The house anticipates the later Villa Mairea, and it bears hints of a “new” Aalto, of romantic functionalism. This is seen in the plentiful use of wood as a finishing material and in the four fireplaces built of brick. But in contrast to Villa Mairea, this house is not a luxurious residence but a cozy and intimate living quarters, in which simple, uncluttered materials are used.

Later, in 1955, Studio Aalto was completed, also in the Tiilimäki neighbourhood of Munkkiniemi, but the architect is known to have enjoyed working in Villa Aalto even after that.

Details of and episodes at the private home
The living room is dominated by a grand piano, which Aino Aalto is known to have enjoyed playing. The whole interior is designed by Aalto, except for three Renaissance chairs, which were a memory from their honeymoon trip to Italy.

Many times tourists, who came from far-away countries tried to peek at the house from a nearby sports field. The locals knew that Aalto and his wife liked to take “open air baths” naked in the yard when services were held at the nearby church. Especially Japanese tourists tried to climb over the fence and into the garden, and this habit of the resident couple came as a surprise to them. The neighbours could always hear it when this reality dawned upon the tourists. The locals were under the impression that the Aalto's found all this amusing.

Aalto lived in the house up to his death in 1976, and after this his second wife Elissa Aalto lived there until her death in 1994. The house was protected by a law in 1982, and it was renovated inside and out in the early years of the new millennium, funded by the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture and the city of Helsinki.

Open hours
The house is open much the same as any museum in the country. Guided tours are given regularly, more often in the summer (several times a day in August) and less so in the winter (on only one day each week in December and January).

References

External links
Villa Aalto on the Alvar Aalto Foundation website

Buildings and structures completed in 1936
Alvar Aalto Museum
Alvar Aalto buildings
Buildings and structures in Helsinki
Culture in Helsinki
Landmarks in Finland
Modernist architecture in Finland
Tourist attractions in Helsinki
Munkkiniemi
Alvar Aalto


title: CM Almy

text:
CM Almy is an American producer of clerical clothing founded in 1892 that serves mainly
Episcopal, Lutheran, Presbyterian USA, and Roman Catholic ministries. Currently based in Armonk, New York, it is said to be the largest and one of the oldest producers of clerical clothing in the US . The current president of the family-run company is Stephen Fendler. Cardinal Timothy Dolan and the St. Patrick's Cathedral priests are clients.

Corporate structure
Stephen Fendler is president, and his brother Michael is the vice president of the company, running the manufacturing for the company in Maine. It has a showroom in Armonk, New York.

History
C. M. Almy & Son, Inc. was founded in New York City in 1892 by English master tailor Clarence Mortimer Almy and his son James. In 1929 James's cousin Donald Fendler took over the firm and guided it through the Depression and World War II. After the war, Donald was joined by his sons Thomas and Ryan who moved the shop to the town of Pittsfield, Maine.  Today, CM Almy is led by Ryan's sons Michael and Stephen.

In 2012, Fendler began researching into the needs of his female clients. He bought samples and looked at womenswear catalogs and hired a designer to sketch looks. He had the Rev. Anisa Cottrell in the Episcopal Diocese in Lexington, Kentucky advising. The result is that for fall 2013, he introduced a line of four new shirts made of stretchy knit for female clerics.

References

Clothing companies established in 1892
1892 establishments in New York (state)
Clothing companies of the United States
Companies based in New York (state)
Religious clothing


title: Regunathapuram, Pattukkottai

text:
Regunathapuram is a village in the Pattukkottai taluk of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India.

Demographics
The population in 2011 was 287.

References

Villages in Thanjavur district


The Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act () is a US bill that would address federal adoption incentives and would amend the Social Security Act (SSA) to require the state plan for foster care and adoption assistance to demonstrate that the state agency has developed policies and procedures with respect to the children it is working, and which are (possibly) a victim of sex trafficking or a severe form of trafficking in persons. The bill furthermore requires states to implement the 2008 UIFSA version, which is required so the 2007 Hague Maintenance Convention can be ratified by the US.

The bill was introduced into the United States House of Representatives during the 113th United States Congress. The bill is a compromise measure made up of pieces of six other bills.

Background

Adoption

Adoptions in the United States may be either domestic or from another country. Domestic adoptions can be arranged either through adoption agency or independently. Adoption agencies must be licensed by the state in which they operate. The U.S. government maintains a website, Child Welfare Information Gateway, which lists each state's licensed agencies. There are both private and public adoption agencies. Private adoption agencies often focus on infant adoptions, while public adoption agencies typically help find homes for waiting children, many of them presently in foster care and in need of a permanent loving home. To assist in the adoption of waiting children, there is a U.S. government-affiliated website, AdoptUSKids.org, assisting in sharing information about these children with potential adoptive parents. The North American Council on Adoptable Children provides information on financial assistance to adoptive parents (called adoption subsidies) when adopting a child with special needs.

Independent adoptions are usually arranged by attorneys and typically involve newborn children. Approximately 55% of all U.S. newborn adoptions are completed via independent adoption.

The 2000 census was the first census in which adoption statistics were collected. The estimated number of children adopted in the year 2000 was slightly over 128,000, bringing the total U.S. population of adopted children to 2,058,915. In 2008 the number of children adopted increased to nearly 136,000.

Child support

Provisions for recovery of child support are a subject of state-law (rather than federal law) in the US. For the international recovery of child support, bilateral agreements are in place between the US and a number of countries, and certain US States have bilateral agreements with countries in place. In 2007 the Hague Maintenance Convention was adopted within the framework of the Hague Conference on Private International Law, aimed at recovery of international maintenance. The convention requires countries to set up Central Authorities to coordinate recovery of maintenance, and provides for recognition and enforcement measures of judicial maintenance decisions. The US was the first to sign the convention in 2007 and the Senate approved it several years later. Ratification by the US could not take place because domestic legislation needs to be amended. Meanwhile, the agreement has entered into force with respect to the European Union and 5 other European countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Norway and Ukraine.

Provisions of the bill
This summary is based largely on the summary provided by the Congressional Research Service, a public domain source.

The Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act would amend part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require the state plan for foster care and adoption assistance to demonstrate that the state agency has developed policies and procedures for identifying, documenting in agency records, and determining appropriate services with respect to, any child or youth over whom the state agency has responsibility for placement, care, or supervision who the state has reasonable cause to believe is, or is at risk of being, a victim of sex trafficking or a severe form of trafficking in persons.

The bill would authorize a state, at its option, to identify and document any individual under age 26 without regard to whether the individual is or was in foster care under state responsibility.

The bill would add as state plan requirements: (1) the reporting to law enforcement authorities of instances of sex trafficking, as well as (2) the locating of and responding to children who have run away from foster care.

The bill would include sex trafficking data in the adoption and foster care analysis and reporting system (AFCARS).

The bill would direct the state agency to report immediately information on missing or abducted children or youth to law enforcement authorities for entry into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

The bill would require the designated state authority or authorities to: (1) develop a reasonable and prudent parent standard for the child's participation in age or developmentally appropriate extracurricular, enrichment, cultural, and social activities; and (2) apply this standard to any foster family home or child care institution receiving funds under title IV part E.

The bill would direct the Secretary to provide assistance to states on best practices for devising strategies to assist foster parents in applying a reasonable and prudent parent standard in a specified manner.

The bill would make it a purpose of the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program to ensure that children who are likely to remain in foster care until age 18 have regular, ongoing opportunities to engage in age or developmentally-appropriate activities. Authorizes increased appropriations for the program beginning in FY2020.

The bill would limit to children age 16 or older the option, in an initial permanency hearing, of being placed in a planned permanent living arrangement other than a return to home, referral for termination of parental rights, or placement for adoption, with a fit and willing relative (including an adult sibling), or with a legal guardian. Prescribes documentation and determination requirements for such an option.

The bill would give children age 14 and older authority to participate in: (1) the development of their own case plans, in consultation with up to two members of the case planning team; as well as (2) transitional planning for a successful adulthood. Specifies additional requirements for a case plan.

The bill would require the case review system to assure that foster children leaving foster care because of having attained age 18 (or a greater age the state has elected), unless in foster care less than six months, are not discharged without being provided with a copy of their birth certificate, Social Security card, health insurance information, copy of medical records, and a driver's license or equivalent state-issued identification card.

The bill would amend SSA title XI to establish the National Advisory Committee on the Sex Trafficking of Children and Youth in the United States.

The bill would amend SSA title IV part E to extend through FY2016 revise certain requirements for the adoption incentive program, renaming it the adoption and legal guardianship incentive payments program.

The bill would require states to report annually to the Secretary on the calculation and use of savings resulting from the phase-out of eligibility requirements for adoption assistance.

The bill would preserve the eligibility of a child for kinship guardianship assistance payments when a guardian is replaced with a successor guardian.

The bill would require notification of parents of a sibling, where the parent has legal custody of the sibling, when a child is removed from parental custody.

The bill would extend the family connection grant program through FY2014.

The bill would revise requirements for international child support recovery, forming the federal implementation required for ratification of the 2007 Hague Maintenance Convention. The provisions enter into force after a revised version of UIFSA has been passed in all states, and place a penalty on those states that don't do so in the quarter following their next legislative year.

The bill would grant Indian tribes access to the Federal Parent Locator Service (FPLS).

The bill would express the sense of the Congress about the offering of voluntary parenting time arrangements.

The bill would set forth requirements for data exchange standards for improved interoperability.

The bill would amend part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of SSA title IV to give the employer the option of using electronic transmission methods prescribed by the Secretary for income withholding in the collection and disbursement of child support payments.

Procedural history
The Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act was introduced into the United States House of Representatives on June 26, 2014, by Rep. Dave Camp (R, MI-4). It was referred to the United States House Committee on Ways and Means and the United States House Committee on the Budget. On July 23, 2014, the House voted to pass the bill in a voice vote.

Debate and discussion
According to Rep. Camp, who sponsored the bill, "we have already seen great progress in increasing adoptions since (the Adoption Incentives program) was created in 1997, and it is our hope to continue this progress with this bill."

The organization First Focus Campaign for Children supported the bill, writing a letter that "urges House leadership to bring this bill to the floor and ensure its swift passage so that vulnerable youth and children can benefit from these important reforms."

See also
List of bills in the 113th United States Congress
Foster care in the United States
Adoption in the United States

References

External links

Library of Congress - Thomas H.R. 4980
beta.congress.gov H.R. 4980
GovTrack.us H.R. 4980
OpenCongress.org H.R. 4980
WashingtonWatch.com H.R. 4980
Congressional Budget Office's report on H.R. 4980

Acts of the 113th United States Congress
United States federal child welfare legislation


title: Pilestræde

text:
Pilestræde (lit. English: Willow Alley) is a street in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It is a side street to the pedestrianized shopping street Strøget and commonly associated with the newspaper publishing house Berlingske Media, which has its headquarters in the street.

History

The street name refers to Pilegården, a farm which was located at the site in the Middle Ages. Pilegårde is first mentioned in 1419 and was divided into several smaller properties in 1579.

In the 16th century, Copenhagen's stud farm (Københavns Avlsgård), where the city's bulls were stabled, was also located along the street. The stud farm was in 1671 sold to Trinitatis Church for use as a cemetery. The northernmost part of Pilestræde was originally called Springergade with a reference to the bulls at the farm. Local residents found the name inappropriate and the street was therefore included in Pilestræde in 1881.

In 1765, Berlingske's publishinghouse established in one of the yards on the east side of the street.

Notable buildings and residents
No. 32-34 was built for Berlingske Publishing House in 1930 to a design by Helweg-Møller. The building to the right of it is from 1741 and is part of the Berlingske complex. No. 26 was built in 1764 for mayor Peter Harloff Wieck.

No. 33 is from some time before 1745 and is listed. No. 37, 39, 44-45 are also listed.

The rectory of Trinity Church (No. 67) is from 1928 and was designed by Henning Hansen in collaboration with Thomas Havning.

Norse Projects have a flagship store at No. 41. The designer Julie Fagerholt has a flagship store at No. 45.

Cultural references
Pilestræde is used as a location at 0:08:04 in the 1977 Olsen Gang film The Olsen Gang Outta Sight.

See also
 Herman Jacob Bing

References

External links

 Pilestræde at indenforvoldene.dk

Streets in Copenhagen


title: Duck circovirus

text:
Duck circovirus (DuCV) is a type of virus found in ducks. Strains of the virus have predominantly been found in China, though strains have also been isolated from ducks in Germany and the United States.

Duck circovirus is a small nonenveloped virus with a monomeric single-stranded circular DNA genome. DuCV has been  clustered in the Circoviridae family genus Circovirus, according to the eighth report of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses.

Pathogenicity
Scientists have studied Duck circovirus by using polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based methods and dot blot hybridisation (DBH) tests. Infection with DuCV appears to cause growth disorders in ducks as well as eventual immunosuppression due to depletion of lymphatic cells.

Transmission
It was found that ducks between the ages of 40~60 days were more susceptible to Duck circovirus. There was no evidence showing that the DuCV virus was capable of vertical transmission.

Clinical signs
The clinical signs are immunosuppression, stunting in growth, and also feather abnormalities.

Research

The PCR and dot blot hybridization (DBH) test was used in 2006–2007. 742 ducks from 70 duck farms were tested. The overall infection rate was 33.29%. Ducks at 3–4 weeks of age where more susceptible to DuCV virus.

Type of Ducks Affected
Anas platyrhynchos,  Cairina moschata, and the American Pekin Duck are the ducks most affected by the DuCV virus. These ducks come from various regions of the world.

Prevention
A vaccine to provide protection against Duck circovirus has not been approved for use, though research to create one has occurred. Experimental DNA vaccines encoding the DuCV capsid protein were found to provide protection in vivo, as well as inactivated vaccines that were tested on Muscovy ducks.

References

Circoviridae
Poultry diseases


title: Stockholm i natt

text:
"Stockholm i natt" is a song written by Andreas Mattsson, Niclas Frisk and Peter Jöback, and performed by Peter Jöback on his 2007 studio album Människor som du och jag. The single was released the same year and peaked at number four on the Swedish Singles Chart. Lyrically, the song deals with crimes throughout the history of Stockholm.

The song stayed at Svensktoppen for 22 weeks between 26 August 2007-20 January 2008, peaking at second position.

Charts

References

2007 singles
Swedish songs
Songs about Stockholm
Swedish-language songs
2007 songs
Songs written by Peter Jöback
Songs written by Niclas Frisk


title: Redhills GFC

text:
Redhills are a Gaelic football club from Redhills, County Cavan in Ireland.  They are affiliated to Cavan GAA.

History

Football was first organised in 1888 in Redhills under the name Annagh sons of Usna.

Kit
Redhills jersey is mainly yellow with blue trim, blue shorts with yellow trim and blue socks with yellow trim.

Honours
 Cavan Intermediate Football Championship: 2
 1973, 2008
 Cavan Junior Football Championship: 1
 2005

See also
Cavan Senior Football Championship

References

External links
Official Cavan GAA Website
Cavan Club GAA
Official Redhills GAA Website

Gaelic games clubs in County Cavan
Gaelic football clubs in County Cavan


title: St. James Episcopal Church (Midvale, Utah)

text:
St. James Episcopal Church, named for James the Greater, is a parish in the Episcopal Diocese of Utah of the Episcopal Church located in Midvale, Utah.

External links
St. James Episcopal Church
Diocese of Utah
The Episcopal Church
The Anglican Communion

20th-century Episcopal church buildings
Episcopal churches in Utah


title: TubeMogul

text:
TubeMogul is an enterprise software company for brand advertising.

TubeMogul is headquartered in Emeryville, California and has global offices located in Chengdu (China), Chicago, Detroit, Kiev, New York, London, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Paris, São Paulo, Singapore, Shanghai, Sydney, Toronto, and Tokyo.

In November 2016, Adobe Systems Incorporated announced an agreement to acquire TubeMogul.

Company history

2007–2009

TubeMogul was founded by Brett Wilson and John Hughes while enrolled as MBA students at the University of California Berkeley's Haas School of Business. In 2007, the TubeMogul team led by Wilson and Hughes won the Haas Business Plan Competition, which provided seed money enabling the development and launch of the product. In its original conception, TubeMogul was a cross-platform online video analytics tool in 2007. Video producers uploaded content through TubeMogul, which would then distribute and track performance across video sharing sites.

2010–2013

In 2010, TubeMogul launched Playtime, an online video ad network, to help advertisers deliver ads to their target audience. Playtime differentiated itself from other online ad networks with its self-service features as well as the level of transparency it provided. In 2011, TubeMogul combined the Playtime ad network with the video syndication platform to become a demand-side platform (DSP) for brand advertisers. TubeMogul's DSP aggregates multiple inventory sources, including advertising exchanges, supply-side platforms, advertising networks as well as direct relationships with premium publishers, local and national broadcasters, cable networks and multichannel video programming distributors.

In 2012, TubeMogul introduced its BrandSafe technology, which ensured that advertisements did not appear alongside objectionable content or run in ineffectively-small video players. In 2013, TubeMogul launched BrandPoint, which allows marketers to execute digital video buys on a gross rating point (GRP) basis, traditionally used by TV advertisers to measure a campaign's effectiveness. In March 2016, TubeMogul partnered with Facebook to reach TV audiences via Nielsen data.

2014

TubeMogul became a publicly traded company on July 18, 2014, and is listed with the NASDAQ Global Select Market using the ticker symbol "TUBE" (See ).

In December 2014, TubeMogul released PTV, a Programmatic TV software solution that allows advertisers to plan and execute data-driven local, national, addressable and VOD television media buys.

2015–present

In November 2015, TubeMogul launched technology enabling cross-screen advertising planning. The software helps marketers understand which media channels to invest in by deduplicating their target audience across traditional TV, social platforms and digital channels. This technique improved upon previous solutions that only allowed advertisers to control reach and frequency across digital-only desktop and mobile devices.

Also in 2015, TubeMogul participated in a third-party assessment of Video Demand Side Platforms conducted by Forrester Research. In the Q4 2015 Wave Report, TubeMogul was named a leader among video advertising demand-side platforms and was also awarded the highest ranking in the "Current Offering" category. The results were based on three key categories: current offering, strategy and market presence. Out of ten companies evaluated, TubeMogul received the highest score in "Planning Capabilities," achieving 4.60 out of 5 possible points, and 5 out of 5 points in both "TV Campaign Extension" and "Client Satisfaction" categories.

In 2016, TubeMogul announced partnerships and integrations with the social media platforms Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and SnapChat.
 TubeMogul received the distinction of being the first video advertising platform awarded a Partner Marketing badge from Facebook  and was one of eight advertising partners chosen by Snapchat in their initial monetization release strategy.

Financing

TubeMogul received its initial funding after winning the Lester Center's Business Plan Competition while co-founders John Hughes and Brett Wilson were studying at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business in 2007. The company received seed funding from NetService Ventures later that same year.

In February 2008, TubeMogul raised $3 million in Series A funding led by Trinity Ventures. In October 2008, they acquired Illuminex, a video analytics company founded by Jason Lopatecki and Adam Rose, for an undisclosed amount.

They raised a combined $10 million in their Series B round in March 2009, led by Foundation Capital. In December 2012 the company raised $28 million in the first tranche of its Series C, led by Northgate Capital. The second tranche of the Series C was led by SingTel Innov8, corporate venture capital arm of the SingTel Group, along with Cross Creek Capital, for $10 million in May 2013.

IPO

TubeMogul filed its S-1 form with the SEC on March 26, 2014. On July 18, 2014 TubeMogul became a publicly traded company. They made 6.3 million shares available to investors at $7 per share to raise a total of $43.8 million in their initial offering.

Adobe acquisition

In November 2016, Adobe Systems Incorporated announced an agreement to acquire TubeMogul for $14 per share, or approximately $540 million, in cash. The deal is expected to close in Adobe's first quarter of 2017.

Industry initiatives

Non-Human Traffic Credit Program
In February 2016, TubeMogul announced the development of a new anti-ad fraud initiative called the Non-Human Traffic Credit Program. Effective April 2016, the company will automatically refund clients whose ads were served to non-human traffic, also known as bots. TubeMogul partnered with ad fraud detection company White Ops, which will apply its verification technology across every video ad bought through TubeMogul's Open RTB platform. The service is available to all clients who have a master service agreement with TubeMogul.

Independence Matters
In March 2016, TubeMogul launched an advertising campaign alleging Google's dual position as both media owner as well as buying platform creates inherent conflicts of interests for marketers.

TubeMogul claims that "Google has made a conscious decision to wall itself off from the rest of the industry." The campaign hints at Google's move to restrict third-party companies from buying YouTube ads via the DoubleClick Ad Exchange.

Open Video Viewability (OpenVV)
In May 2013, TubeMogul and several other advertising technology vendors formed the Open Video View (OpenVV) consortium to help facilitate the adoption of a viewability standard for online video advertising.
OpenVV is an open-source code that provides marketers verification that their ad was actually seen by human eyes and reasons for non-viewability. TubeMogul founded the initiative along with video technology vendors BrightRoll, Innovid, SpotXChange, and LiveRail; current members include Nielsen, comScore, TrustE, and VivaKi.

In June 2015, the IAB Tech Lab took over management of the OpenVV initiative as they continued to ramp up efforts in creating a common, scalable and interoperable technical solution to effectively measure viewability for video. The transfer of management for OpenVV marked the first industry initiative to be on-boarded into the IAB Tech Lab, a nonprofit research and development organization charged with producing and helping companies implement global industry technical standards and solutions.

Fraud/Fake Pre-Roll
In 2012, TubeMogul launched fakepreroll.com to raise awareness about video ads that were shown in inventory normally reserved for display advertisements, oftentimes without the marketer's knowledge.
The site was taken down after several companies sent TubeMogul cease-and-desist orders.

Botnet detection
In 2014, TubeMogul reported the existence of three botnets, responsible for defrauding advertisers for a potential $10 million each month.

IPG internship
In March 2014, IPG Mediabrands and TubeMogul announced the "Ad-Tech Apprenticeship," a one-year intensive training program designed to give college graduates a holistic view of the digital advertising industry.

Awards
 2009 South by Southwest (SXSW) Best Online Video-Related Technology Winner
 2009 AlwaysOn OnMedia 100 Award Winner
 2012 AlwaysOn Global 250 Winner
 2013 Inc. Top 100 Advertising and Marketing Companies #29
 2013 Inc. Hire Power Award Top 10 Advertising and Marketing Companies #9
 2013 Lead 411 Tech200 #14
 2013 Deloitte Fast 500 #35
 2013 iMedia Connection ASPY Awards – Winner Best Customer Service Award
 2014 San Francisco Business Times Best Places to Work #35
 2014 The Drum Digital Trading Awards – Winner Advertiser's Choice of Ad technology
 2014 AIMA Awards – Winner Outstanding Technical Achievement for Viewability Reporting and Audit
 2015 Glassdoor – Winner "Best Places to Work" People's Choice Awards, TubeMogul was ranked 5th for companies with less than 1,000 employees.
 2015 iMedia ASPY Awards – Best Video Partner
 2015 The Drum Digital Trading Awards – Winner Most Effective Programmatic Media Partnership.
 2016 iMedia ASPY Awards – Best Video Partner
 2016 The Drum Digital Trading Awards – Winner Most Effective Programmatic Media Partnership.
 2016 Fortune Great Places to Work – Winner "Top 100 Places to Work for Millennials"
 2016 Digiday Video Awards – Winner Best Video Advertising Partners.

Open source contributions
TubeMogul is both a consumer of and contributor to free and open source software. TubeMogul's contributions include a list of Puppet Modules released on the Puppet Forge, and OpenVV.

TubeMogul also contributes to an Engineering Blog, other open source projects on GitHub, meetup, and public talk at conferences like Velocity, USENIX LISA, SRECon, SuiteWorld, Puppet Camp, OpenStack Summit, Nagios World.

TubeMogul has adopted successfully a private cloud strategy while going through hyper-growth and leveraging the open source project OpenStack. The solution is now providing the base of the Adobe Advertising Cloud.

See also
 Demand-side platform
 Online advertising
 Real-time bidding
 Video ad platform
 Video advertising

References

2007 establishments in California
Online advertising
Big data companies
American companies established in 2007
Software companies established in 2007
Software companies based in California
Companies based in Emeryville, California
Companies formerly listed on the Nasdaq
2014 initial public offerings
2017 mergers and acquisitions
Defunct software companies of the United States
Adobe Inc.


title: Tubercled frog

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Tubercled frog may refer to:

 Tubercled flood frog, a frog found in Thailand and possibly Laos
 Tubercled pygmy frog, a frog found in India, Myanmar, China, Taiwan, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Singapore

Animal common name disambiguation pages


title: Xeromphalina cauticinalis

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Xeromphalina cauticinalis is a species of agaric fungus in the family Mycenaceae. Originally described in 1838 by Elias Fries as Marasmius cauticinalis, it was transferred to the genus Xeromphalina by Robert Kühner and René Maire in 1934. It is found in North America, where it fruits in the summer and autumn singly or in groups on the seeds, needles, and sticks of conifers, and sometimes on aspen leaves. The fruit bodies have convex yellowish caps measuring  in diameter supported by a tough yellow-brown to dark brown stipe that is  long by 1–2.5 mm thick. The pale yellow gills have a decurrent attachment to the stipe and are somewhat distantly spaced. The spore print is white, while individual spores are elliptical, smooth, amyloid, and measure 4–7 by 2.5–3.5 µm.

The species is regarded as nonpoisonous.

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Fungi described in 1838
Fungi of North America
Mycenaceae


title: Joseph Noad

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Joseph Noade (c. 1797 – February 20, 1873) was a public official in Newfoundland. He was a member of the Legislative Council of Newfoundland from 1842 to 1845 and from 1848 to 1855.

Born in County Down, Ireland, Noade came to Newfoundland and soon afterwards, in August 1832, was named surveyor general for the colony. He was a member of the Executive Council from 1842 to 1855. He was also a director of the Newfoundland Steam Navigation Company. Noad was married twice: he married his second wife Emma Gaden Lilly; in 1835. After he was forced into retirement from his appointed positions in 1855 by the introduction of responsible government, he moved to Woodstock, Canada West, where he died in 1873.

In 1859, he published Lecture On The Aborigines Of Newfoundland.

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Year of birth uncertain
1873 deaths
Members of the Legislative Council of Newfoundland
Newfoundland Colony people
English emigrants to pre-Confederation Newfoundland


title: Mick Jenkins (rapper)

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Jayson Mick Jenkins (born April 16, 1991) is an American rapper based in Chicago and signed to Cinematic Music Group. His mixtape, The Waters, was released in 2014, followed by the Waves EP in 2015.

Early life and education
Jenkins was born in Huntsville, Alabama. Following his parents divorce, he moved to Chicago, Illinois with his mother and sister when he was nine years old. As a child, Jenkins was heavily influenced by his parents' musical preferences. His mother listened to Neo-soul, while his father enjoyed contemporary black gospel music. When Jenkins was just 17 years old, he began going to open-mic events at Young Chicago Authors, which engages young writers. Mick Jenkins attended Hirsch Metropolitan High, where he began participating in mock trials for the school's law academy in 2008. Following this opportunity, he went on to become a courthouse intern at the Dirksen Federal Building in Chicago. Jenkins ended his law studies in 2009, when he became an intern at Sir & Madame, a clothing store, and briefly became an aspiring fashion mogul. Later in 2009, he returned to Huntsville to attend Oakwood University, and later served 34 days for a misdemeanour charge. Oakwood is a private college that is affiliated with the Seventh Day Adventist Church. In Jenkins's sophomore year at the school, he entered a rap competition, where the prize was a pair of Beats By Dre headphones. Jenkins did not win the competition, but states that it led him to discover a passion in making music. Jenkins ultimately dropped out of Oakwood after his father lost his job at the school, meaning tuition was no longer affordable. Jenkins claims to have dropped five mixtapes while in college, though he later disregarded them and removed them from internet access. The Mickstape and The Pursuit of HappyNess: The Story of MickalasCage, however, are still available. In 2012, Jenkins pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge for possession of marijuana. He consequently served 34 days in jail in Alabama, before returning to Chicago to focus on music.

Musical career

2012–2013: Career beginnings, Trees & Truths, and mixtapes
On January 13, 2012, Jenkins released his first official mixtape, The Mickstape, followed by The Pursuit of HappyNess: The Story of Mickalascage in August 2012. These consecutive mixtapes included involvement from several record producers, such as After the Smoke, Swisha House, Chris Calor, Quincy Banks, Chuck Inglish, Vanilla, and Dijon, among others. During 2012, Jenkins returned to Chicago and joined the YCA (Young Chicago Authors), poetry collective, where he performed his first a cappella verse. This resulted in attention from local recording artist, and a leader of Chicago's Pivot Gang collective, Saba. The two then collaborated on a track, called Heaux, which was meant for a Mick Jenkins project, but ended up featuring on Saba's mixtape GETCOMFORTable (2012). Jenkins also became a member of a hip-hop group, called Free Nationals. Other members include Prop, J-Stock, Burman, and Maine The Saint. Free Nationals is "a hip hop group that promotes creative thought without accepting narrow views imposed by the powers that be".

In April 2013, Jenkins released his Trees & Truths mixtape. The tape quickly became a local favorite, featuring acid jazz-influenced production, biblical allegory, and his lacerating lyricism. Only few months after its release, a collaboration between him and fellow Chicago rappers Chance The Rapper and Vic Mensa came in the form of the single Crossroads, which garnered both attention and praise.

2014–2015: The Waters and Waves

In July 2014, Jenkins received significant attention after the release of his single and a visual of Martyrs, which juxtaposed insight on harsh societal truths with a catchy hook. The thought-provoking single held messages on gun violence, the fight between his conscience and new-found success, and his turbulent childhood in Chicago. Martyrs led prominent figures in the hip-hop community such as Timbaland, to reach out and praise Jenkins for his musical talent and intricate lyricism. On August 12, Jenkins released his project, The Water[s], to critical acclaim. Considered by many to be Jenkins' breakout project, The Water[s] is centered on the idea of comparing water to life's truths. Shortly after releasing the project, Jenkins announced he would be touring during the fall on the 2014 Smoker's Club World Wide Roller's Tour alongside Method Man, Redman, B-Real, Trademark da Skydiver, and Berner. His first official tour took place in February 2015 with Kirk Knight, Noname and Saba. He also joined Joey Bada$$ and Denzel Curry for Phase 1 of their World Domination Tour.

On July 20, 2015, Mick Jenkins announced his Wave[s] EP, which was released on August 21, 2015. Mick Jenkins began streaming his new project in full via NPR's First Listen on August 13, 2015. Wave[s] is the follow-up to Jenkins' critically acclaimed 2014 mixtape, The Water[s]. Jenkins kept the collaborators on Wave[s] confined to those within his inner circle. The project features the likes of Jean Deaux, Saba, TheMind and popular producers such as Kaytranada. Jenkins also accompanied French producer STWO on his North American tour from the end of August through the beginning of October.

2016: The Healing Component
On August 17, 2016, Mick Jenkins released the first single from his highly anticipated debut album, Spread Love. On August 25, 2016, Jenkins released his second single of the album, called "Drowning", which features an instrumental performed by Toronto-based jazz quartet BADBADNOTGOOD. The song has a direct reference to the death of Eric Garner, a black man who was strangled by police. The album, The Healing Component, was released on September 23, 2016. Many of the songs on the albums feature intros and outros with a dialogue about love with a female narrator, his sister. The Healing Component, abbreviated THC, explores the theme of love throughout the album. From self-love to romantic experience, he juxtaposes different forms love can take. Jenkins did something similar on The Water[s], exploring the concept of truth.

2017–2020: Or More EP series, Pieces of a Man and The Circus
On November 21, 2017, Mick Jenkins released Or More; The Anxious, the first mixtape in a series of projects Jenkins describes as "a project series involving musical ideas and concepts that are currently inspiring the album's creation process." The second mixtape in the series, Or More; The Frustration, was released on February 24, 2018. On October 26, his second studio album, Pieces of a Man, was released. The album's first single, "Understood" was released on October 12, 2018. The second single "Padded Locks", featuring veteran Wu-Tang Clan member Ghostface Killah, was released on October 21, 2018. The album also prominently pays homage to Gil Scott-Heron's 1971 album of the same name.

In March 2019, Jenkins was featured on the single "Cold" with Brooklyn Michelle. Additionally later in the year on September 18, Jenkins released the single "Percy" featuring fellow Chicago-based rapper Qari produced by greenSLLIME, also from Chicago.

On January 3, 2020, he released the single "Carefree" from the EP The Circus, released on January 10, 2020.

2021: Elephant in the Room
On October 8, 2021, Mick Jenkins announced his anticipated third album titled Elephant in the Room, which was released on October 29. The first single, "Truffles" was released on June 23, 2021. This was followed by "Contacts", released on October 8 with the announcement of the official album release date and track list reveal. The album's final single "Scottie Pippen" was released on October 22.

2023: The Patience
On July 7, 2023, Jenkins announced his fourth album The Patience, releasing the JID-assisted lead single "Smoke Break-Dance" on the same day.

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

Mixtapes

Singles

References

1991 births
Living people
African-American male rappers
American male rappers
Rappers from Alabama
Rappers from Chicago
RBC Records artists
21st-century American rappers
21st-century American male musicians
21st-century African-American musicians


title: William Kempson

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William John Kempson (23 March 1835 – 21 November 1877) was an English soldier and cricketer who played first-class cricket for the Gentlemen of England amateur team and for Cambridge University in the 1850s. He was born in Newcastle upon Tyne and died at Folkestone, Kent.

Kempson was educated at Rugby School and matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1854, though there is no evidence that he took a degree. In both 1853 and 1854, he played a single first-class cricket match for the Gentlemen of England amateur team as a middle-order batsman. His single game for Cambridge University was the 1855 University Match against Oxford University in which he top-scored in the Cambridge first innings with 45 – by some distance his own best score in important matches – though the match was narrowly lost. He made further single appearances for the Gentlemen of England side in 1855 and 1858.

Kempson joined the British Army and was a major in the 99th Regiment of Foot, where he took part in the 1860 war in China and was at the battle at the Taku Forts and the sacking of Beijing. He is recorded in the London Gazette in 1870 as transferring to the 31st Regiment of Foot with the rank of captain.

He does not appear to have been related to Matthews Kempson, his near contemporary who also played first-class cricket for Cambridge University and amateur sides in the mid 1850s.

In 1864, he married Louisa Frances Wedgwood (1834–1903. First child of Henry Allen). They had four children, 1. Jessie 1867–1939; 2. Hester Louisa 1869–1930; 3. John Wedgwood 1870–1958 and 4. Lucy Caroline 1874–1958). They were frequent visitors to Down House, home of Charles Darwin in Downe, Kent. Their many visits are recorded in the diary of Emma Darwin (1808–1896), wife of Charles Darwin (1809–1882).

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1835 births
1877 deaths
English cricketers
Cambridge University cricketers
Gentlemen of England cricketers
People educated at Rugby School
Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
Wiltshire Regiment officers
British Army personnel of the Second Opium War


title: Rio Guatemala Group

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The Rio Guatemala Group is a geologic group in Puerto Rico. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Puerto Rico

References

Paleogene Puerto Rico


title: Route clearance (IEDs)

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Route clearance is a routine part of counter-IED efforts performed by military forces around the world. The purpose of route clearance is to secure an important route and render it for safe transport. This mission relies on the use of Sapper and EOD forces to accomplish this task. Although mines have been used in warfare for years, the rise of IEDs in current conflicts has led to the development of the current route clearance doctrine.

A typical route clearance package, or RCP, consists of a sapper platoon, an EOD team, at least one medic, and a HEMTT wrecker staffed by a team of mechanics. RCPs are clearly recognized by troops as they use the Husky vehicle-mounted mine detector, as well as the Buffalo (mine protected vehicle). While these vehicles provide superb protection and are critical in finding and destroying IEDs they are unarmed, so the rest of the platoon must protect them while in operation. Moreover, the loss of the Buffalo or the Husky vehicles would greatly reduce the counter-IED potential of the RCP as it would no longer possess the capability to locate or remove IEDs with high effectively resorting to secondary options such as using remote controlled vehicles, using standard MRAPs equipped with digging tools in place of the Buffalo, and dismounted foot patrols to locate the trigger points in known danger areas.

In the Israel Defense Forces, route clearance is done by Combat Engineering Corps soldiers, either by EOD operators and trackers on foot or by IDF Caterpillar D9 armored bulldozers backed by armored fighting vehicles.

Afghanistan
 US forces entered the war in Afghanistan in 2001. Although there was fierce fighting such as the Battle of Tora Bora and Operation Anaconda, the IED threat remained generally low until later in the war. Afghanistan is a rural country with rough terrain, most of the roads are unimproved and due to the abundance of rivers many culverts are present. Because of this IED threats are numerous. Typically tactics include placing high yield IEDs weighing several hundred pounds deep underground causing massive damage. However, modern MRAP vehicles are capable of withholding most blasts. Another tactic is placing small IEDs at choke points, the vehicle becomes disabled and the passing troops are ambushed. Due to the decade long Soviet–Afghan War many Soviet mines are still used by Taliban fighters to make IEDs. RCPs are not designated units and are normally brought together from existing Combat Engineer and EOD units. They are then deployed to areas of need. Not all parts of Afghanistan are equally covered by RCPs, for example the remote FOB Salerno near Khost housed RCP7 and RCP9 and RCP13 which were composed of National Guard sappers and active duty EOD personnel, on the other hand Gradez had no dedicated RCP units and relied on nearby units from FOB Salerno, FOB Shank, and Orgun-E.

2003 invasion of Iraq
Unlike Afghanistan threats of IEDs evolved almost instantly after the invasion. Indeed, the MRAP vehicles were largely developed for the Iraq war even though the War in Afghanistan was already several years old by the time first troops stepped on Iraqi soil. Iraq was much more urban, Iraq also had many paved highways. The insurgents in Iraq relied much more on EFPs, contrary in Afghanistan EFPs never became prevalent. An EFP is capable of slicing through several inches of armor by forming a projected missile, once the armor is penetrated the EFP often kills the crew due to the heat associated with the blast.

See also
 Counter-IED efforts
 Bomb disposal
 Sapper
 Combined Joint Task Force Paladin

References

Improvised explosive devices
Force protection tactics