title: Welcome to My Life (Jonathan Fagerlund song)

text:
"Welcome to My Life" is a pop/rock song by Swedish singer Jonathan Fagerlund. He sang it during Melodifestivalen 2009, in a bid to represent Sweden in 2009 Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Moscow, Russia.

The song was written by Didrik Thott and Samuel Waermö and performed by Fagerlund accompanied by an all-female backing band on the first semifinal of the competition on 7 February 2009 inside Scandinavium in Gothenburg. The song failed to make to the final rounds.

But despite that, the song proved popular with the Swedish public and was released as a single accompanied by a music video in which Fagerlund roams the streets of Stockholm and various venues with his love interest on a motorcycle. The single made it to number 23 on Sverigetopplistan, the Swedish Singles Chart in its first week of release and stayed three weeks in the charts. The single was his follow-up to his single "Playing Me" that had made to number 4 in the Swedish Charts.

The track was included in Fagerlund's second album also called Welcome to My World that also made it to the Sverigetopplistan Albums Chart peaking at number 53 in addition to being one of the tracks in the compilation album Melodifestivalen 2009.

Charts

References

2009 singles
Melodifestivalen songs of 2009
Jonathan Fagerlund songs
Songs written by Didrik Thott
2009 songs
Universal Music Group singles
Songs written by Samuel Waermö


title: 2014 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes

text:
The 2014 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes was the 90th running of the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes. The race took place on May 16, 2014, and was televised in the United States on the NBC Sports Network. Ridden by jockey Javier Castellano, Stopchargingmaria won the race by a scant neck over runner-up Vero Amore. Approximate post time on the Friday evening before the Preakness Stakes was 4:49 p.m. Eastern Time. The Maryland Jockey Club raised the purse to $500,000 for the 90th running. This made The Black-Eyed-Susan Stakes the third highest payout for a race restricted to three-year-old fillies. The race was run over a fast track in a final time of 1:51.79.  The Maryland Jockey Club reported total attendance of 34,756. The attendance at Pimlico Race Course that day was the second best crowd ever for Black-Eyed Susan Stakes Day behind only 2013.

Payout

The 90th Black-Eyed Susan Stakes Payout Schedule

$2 Exacta:  (4–10) paid   $119.80

$2 Trifecta:  (4–10–9) paid   $871.40

$1 Superfecta:  (4–10–9–1) paid   $9,164.80

The full chart

 Winning Breeder: Harvey Clarke & Brookdale Farm; (KY)
 Final Time: 1:51.79
 Track Condition: Good
 Total Attendance: 34,756

See also
 2014 Preakness Stakes
 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes Stakes "top three finishers" and # of  starters

References

External links
 Official Black-Eyed Susan Stakes website
 Official Preakness website

2014 in horse racing
Horse races in Maryland
2014 in American sports
2014 in sports in Maryland
May 2014 sports events in the United States
Black-Eyed Susan Stakes


title: Max Unger (sculptor)

text:
Max Unger (26 January 1854, in Berlin – 31 May 1918, in Bad Kissingen) was a German sculptor.

Life
He studied sculpture at the Prussian Academy of Art under Fritz Schaper and worked in the studios of Albert Wolff from 1874 to 1875. After two more years of study in Italy, he established his own studios in Berlin-Kreuzberg.

Selected major works
 1888: Statue of Generalfeldmarschall Prince Friedrich Karl Nikolaus von Preußen, in Frankfurt (Oder).
 1898: Siegesallee (Victory Avenue) project, Group 2: with Otto I, Margrave of Brandenburg as the central figure; flanked by Sibold (died c.1190), first Abbott of Lehnin Abbey, and Pribislav-Henry, last ruler of the Hevelli tribe. The statues were vandalized shortly after being dedicated and were severely damaged in World War II. They are now on display at the Spandau Citadel.
 1900: Kaiser Wilhelm I, Equestrian statue on the Wilhelmsplatz in Frankfurt (Oder).
 1900 Kaiser Wilhelm I statue in Ulm; originally in the Marktplatz, since 1939 in the Olgaplatz.
 1903: Leipzig, Villersbrunnen; Named after Helene de Villers, the late wife of a certain Herr Dürr (of the publishing firm Dürr and Geibels) who commissioned the work. It was melted down in 1942 and reconstructed in 2003.
 1913, statue of Fridtjof the Brave in Vangsnes (Vik) on the  Sognefjord, Norway. It was commissioned by Kaiser Wilhelm II, transported to Norway in fifteen pieces and assembled by 100 Imperial German Navy sailors. There was talk of dismantling the statue, during both world wars, but it was allowed to remain. Today, it is by far his best known work and has become a local landmark.

References

Further reading
 Richard George (Hrsg.): Hie gut Brandenburg alleweg! Geschichts- und Kulturbilder aus der Vergangenheit der Mark und aus Alt-Berlin bis zum Tode des Großen Kurfürsten, Verlag von W. Pauli's Nachf., Berlin 1900.
 Uta Lehnert: Der Kaiser und die Siegesallee. Réclame Royale, Dietrich Reimer Verlag, Berlin 1998, .

External links

 W.Hartwig: Photo of Unger's self-created grave monument.

1854 births
1918 deaths
Sculptors from Berlin
Prussian Academy of Arts alumni
20th-century German sculptors
20th-century German male artists
19th-century German sculptors
German male sculptors


title: Henricia sanguinolenta

text:
Henricia sanguinolenta, commonly known as the northern henricia, is a species of sea star from the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans. Henricia sanguinolenta is very similar to Henricia oculata, also known as "bloody Henry", and the two can only be distinguished by laboratory tests. It comes in colors of red, yellow, orange, purple, and lavender.

Habitat
Henricia sanguinolenta is found in the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans. The sea star can be seen on the beach, under rocks, in tidal pools when available, and on gravel. Its aquatic biomes are the coastal and benthic zones. The sea star is almost always found near sponges and coral because of the currents they create, making it easier for the sea star to filter feed. Henricia sanguinolenta is found from depths of 0 to 2414 meters.

Diet
Henricia sanguinolenta is a planktivore and carnivore. The sea star filter feeds upon detritus and plankton floating in the water, and uses currents made by sponges or coral to make this process easier. Henricia feeds on plankton, sponge tissue, ascidians, and other invertebrates. It is eaten by vertebrates.

Reproduction
Sexual reproduction
Henricia sanguinolenta is a stable gonochoric. The sea star usually reproduces during February and May. The sea stars migrate to warm, shallow water during the breeding season. The sea stars mate through disk fusion. The eggs are then kept under the disk of the female starfish to incubate after fertilization occurs. After incubation, the female deposits its eggs on the ground, secretes mucus onto them, and then stays on top of the eggs for three weeks while they hatch. The sea stars are polygamous. Henricia sanguinolenta has a diploid chromosome number of 36.
Asexual reproduction
Although Henricia sanguinolenta can reproduce sexually, it can also reproduce asexually. It reproduces asexually through the process of regeneration. The sea star can go through regeneration if the disc is split in half, or even if a ray is cut off. The regeneration process takes weeks to months to complete.

Anatomy
Rays
Henricia sanguinolenta is an invertebrate. It has slender five rays that taper evenly to tips that are connected by a central disc. The sea star grows to a diameter of 5 to 12 centimeters. On the oral side, the rays are smooth and have an ambulacral groove that contains two tube foot rows. On the dorsal side, the rays are rough with groupings of spinelets, each one have three to six glassy points. The sides of the rays are curving and smooth. The rays contain many of the organs in the sea star. On the tips of the rays are the eyespots. These are dark pigmented organs that sense the presence of light. The rays also contain parts of the pyloric stomach, parts of the nervous system, and most other organs.
Tube foot rows
The tube foot rows are on the oral side of the rays. Each ray has two tube foot rows. The tube foot rows are attached to the rays by ambulacral grooves. The Tube Foot Rows use a chemical adhesive to stick to surfaces instead of suction. The tube foot rows help the sea star stick to its prey, and to bring the prey to its mouth. The tube foot rows also aid in gas exchange. the tube foot rows are sensitive to chemicals enabling the sea star to detect chemical trails left by possible food. The tube foot rows also excrete waste ammonia through diffusion.
Nervous system
Henricia sanguinolenta has no brain, but has a nervous system. The sea star has no capacity for planning. The nervous system has two parts. They are motor system and the sensory system which are interconnected by neurons. The motor system is responsible for movement and functioning and the sensory system is responsible for controlling the sensory organs. Both of these systems run up and down the arms, and around the disc.
Vascular tube system
Henricia sanguinolenta, like all other sea stars, uses water instead of blood. Henricia sanguinolenta pumps filtered seawater in and out of its body. This seawater is transported through a vascular tube system, and delivers nutrients to the different organs and helps in gas exchange. Water enters through the madreporite, a sieve-like structure on the oral side.
Body wall
The body wall is composed of epidermis, dermis, thin cuticle, and a thin coelomic myoepithelial layer.
Digestive system/stomachs
Henricia sanguinolenta has two stomachs, a small intestine, and a rectum leading to an anus. The two stomachs are called the cardiac stomach, and the pyloric stomach. The cardiac stomach is on the oral side, in the center of the disc. It is covered by a thin membrane and sphincter. When the sea star has its prey, it extends the stomach to envelope the prey. Once the prey is enveloped, it then retracts back into the disc, and transfers it to the pyloric stomach for further digestion. The pyloric stomach has two extensions into each arm called the pyloric caeca. These secrete digestive enzymes into the pyloric stomach. Then, the waste is transported through a short intestine, and rectum. The material that is left is secreted through a small anus on the oral side of the disc.
Papulae
The papulae are small are small gills on the rays and disc. Waste ammonia is transported to the tips of the papulae using phagocytic cells, and is then excreted.
Circulatory System
Henricia sanguinolenta has a circulatory system that forms three rings of vessels. They are called the hyponeural haemal ring, the gastric ring, and the genital ring. The heart beats six times every minute and connects all three vessels. At the base of each ray, there is a pair of gonads.

Behavior
Henricia sanguinolenta shows behavioral adaptations in addition to physical ones. The sea star is usually seen with sponges and coral, using the currents they make to feed upon detritus. Henricia sanguinolenta is also one of the only species of sea stars that broods its eggs. The female stays with the eggs while they hatch, and continues to stay with them as larvae. The larvae stay in a dome shape created by the female's arms until they are ready to go into the ocean on their own. Until spring time, Henricia sanguinolenta lives a solitary life. Henricia sanguinolenta also doesn't react to the fluid of Asterias forbesi, which is toxic to most other sea stars.

Impact on humans
Henricia sanguinolenta has no negative or positive impact on humans. The sea star is not harmful to humans or the economy, and only may slightly affect the tourist industry with its bright colors.

References

Echinasteridae
Starfish described in 1776
Taxa named by Otto Friedrich Müller


title: 13th Annual Honda Civic Tours

text:
The 13th Annual Honda Civic Tours was a concert tour that showcasing three distinct genres of music, as well as becoming a significant pillar of the new Honda Stage music platform.  Alternative rock bands Grouplove and Portugal. The Man co-headlined the first tour which kicked off on August 10, 2014, in Seattle. This tour included support acts Typhoon and Tokyo Police Club on various dates. The second of three tours with Brooklyn-based pop/rock band American Authors began on October 1, 2014.  Support for the second tour included Echosmith, The Mowgli's and Oh Honey on select dates. Additionally, Latin DJ trio 3BallMTY will headline the final tour of the series which began in mid-November and ran through December 21, 2014.

Opening acts
Typhoon
Tokyo Police Club
Echosmith
The Mowgli's
Oh Honey

Set list

Grouplove

"I'm With You"
"Itchin' on a Photograph"
"Lovely Cup"
"Raspberry"
"Shark Attack"
"Hippy Hill"
"Schoolboy"
"Tongue Tied"
"Drunk in Love" (Beyoncé cover)
"Bitin' the Bullet"
"Slow"
"Borderlines and Aliens"
"Ways to Go"
"Colours"
Encore
"Baba O'Riley" (The Who cover) (with Portugal. The Man)

American Authors

"Home"
"Heart of Stone"
"Believer"
"Luck"
"Ghost"
"Trouble"
"Yellow" (Coldplay cover)
"Think About It"
"Nothing Better"
"Love"
"Stay with Me" (Sam Smith cover)
"Hit It"
"Best Day of My Life"
Encore
"Keep Me Dreaming"
"Oh, What a Life"

Tour dates

References

2014 concert tours
Co-headlining concert tours


title: Lee Jeonghee

text:
Lee Jeonghee (; born 23 February 1963) is a South Korean abacus master. She is the only known soroban abacus master to have reached the eleventh dan. She is also known as Abacus Master (주산왕) in South Korea.

Biography
Lee began training with the soroban abacus in fifth grade. In her first year of high school, she obtained the 11th dan. In 2007, Lee opened up an abacus training academy in Korea, where she has taught thousands of students, some of whom travel to the country solely to participate.

In 2001, Lee represented South Korea in the 20th International Abacus Competition and finished in first place in the singles category.

In 2008, Lee appeared on the South Korean television program Star King with a group of children ages seven to nine, whom she had taught for a 100-day period. Her students, selected for the program after their parents described them as distracted and underachieving in school, displayed significant improvement in mental calculation skills, as well as in focus and attention. By the end of the program, almost all of the students were able to mentally solve an addition problem of fifteen 5-digit numbers in under thirty seconds.

In 2013, Lee appeared on the South Korean television program Miracle Korea. During the episode, she demonstrated her ability to do Flash Anzan, adding together a total of fifty 4-digit numbers individually flashed on a screen for less than one second each, while simultaneously being interviewed by the hosts. During the same episode, she mentally added fifty 25-digit numbers in 94 seconds.

In 2016, Lee competed in the Mental Calculation World Cup. The Mental Calculation World Cup 2016 was held from 23–25 September 2016, in Bielefeld, Germany where 31 mental calculators from 16 countries participated. She won in multiplying two 8-digit numbers and was recognized as the Most Versatile Calculator (having the best score for solving another 5 unknown "surprise tasks"). She placed 3rd in the overall competition (a combination of all 10 categories).

In November 2016, Lee dominated the mental calculation events at the Memoriad competition in Las Vegas, winning the gold medal in the categories multiplication, addition, division and flash anzan.

She has been a resident of Fort Lee, New Jersey.

References

1963 births
Living people
Abacus
People from Fort Lee, New Jersey
South Korean educators
South Korean women educators


title: Pavillion Agency

text:
Pavillion Agency is a domestic staffing agency based in Manhattan, New York. The agency places nannies, chefs, chauffeurs, butlers, housekeepers, baby nurses, domestic couples, personal assistants and laundresses. In particular, Pavillion Agency provides nannies to high-wealth families that have very specific requirements. For instance, these requirements may include that a nanny can teach Mandarin or other second language, has a background in education, considerable previous nannying experience, or is able to work hours that extend beyond the 40-50 workweek common in the industry. Pavillion Agency is a member of the International Nanny Association.

History
Pavillion Agency was founded in 1962. In 1979, current Pavillion Agency CEO Keith Greenhouse joined the company; in 1982, Greenhouse's brother and current Pavillion Agency president Cliff Greenhouse also became part of the family business. Current vice president Seth Norman Greenberg joined the company soon after.
The 2000s saw expansion for Pavillion that was owed in part to an increasing primacy placed on personal service by many wealthy families in New York City.

References

External links

 www.pavillionagency.com

Employment agencies of the United States
Companies based in New York City


title: Bulbophyllum pinelianum

text:
Bulbophyllum pinelianum, the rat-tail orchid, is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum. It is widespread across southern Mexico, the West Indies, Central America and northern South America. It is also reported from Florida but apparently now extinct in that state.

References

External links
US Department of Agriculture plants profile
The Bulbophyllum-Checklist
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants, Institute for Systematic Botany,  Bulbophyllum
The Internet Orchid Species Photo Encyclopedia
Dennis Giardina. 2013. Lost and found in Cuba, part I. Ghost Writer, newsletter of the Friends of Fakahatchee (Everglades City Florida USA), January 2013
Trinidad and Tobago Nature Link
La Selva Florula Digital, Páginas de Especies: Bulbophyllum pachyrachis, Galería photo gallery

Orchids of Florida
Orchids of Mexico
Orchids of Central America
Orchids of South America
Flora of the Caribbean
Plants described in 1845
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
pinelianum


title: Raphael Ritz

text:
Maria Joseph Franz Anton Raphael Ritz, nicknamed Alpen-Raphael or Walliser-Raphael (17 January 1829, Brig, Canton of Valais - 11 April 1894, Sion) was a Swiss genre and landscape painter, associated with the Düsseldorf School.

Biography
He was the second of four children born to , a church and portrait painter, and his wife Josefa-Klara. In 1839, they moved from Brig to Sion and his mother died in 1842. He received his first drawing lessons from his father. From 1851 to 1853, he studied with his uncle, Heinrich Kaiser, who was also a church and portrait painter.

His father was displeased with his interest in landscape painting and, as he had also expressed an interest in science during his secondary education, it was suggested that he pursue that course, rather than art. However, he came in contact with the Nazarene painters Paul von Deschwanden and Theodor von Deschwanden (1826–1861) and, on the basis of their advice, enrolled at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. He was there from 1853 to 1856. His instructors included Heinrich Mücke, Karl Ferdinand Sohn, Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow and Theodor Hildebrandt.

After 1860, he worked in the studios of Rudolf Jordan, who introduced him to genre painting with folk life motifs. In 1862, he had his first major success when one of his works was purchased by Kaiser Wilhelm I at an exhibition in Brussels. This enabled him to open his own studio in Düsseldorf. He was only there for a year, however, when his father's worsening health forced him to return home and assist with the creation of several altarpieces. After returning to Düsseldorf, he fell ill himself and decided to go back to Sion permanently.

In the following years, he not only painted, but also wrote numerous works on biology, geology, archaeology and folklore. Many of these writings were published in the yearbooks of the Schweizer Alpen-Club, of which he was a member. In 1874, he stayed at a spa in Albisbrunn where he met and married Caroline Nördlinger, the daughter of an engineer from Tübingen. They had five children, including the mathematician and physicist, Walther Ritz. He was later involved in the creation of the Swiss National Museum and was a member of several groups devoted to historical preservation.

An unspecified illness began to afflict him in 1889 and it led to his death in 1894.

References

Further reading
 Leo Luzian von Roten: "Das Leben des Malers Raphael Ritz von Niederwald". In: Neujahrsblatt der Künstlergesellschaft in Zürich, Zürich 1896
 Raphael Ritz 1829–1894. Visp, Kulturzentrum La Poste, Sabine Leyat (et al.), 1999
 Walter Ruppen: Raphael Ritz. 1829–1894. Editions de la Matze, Sion 1980
 Walter Ruppen: Raphael Ritz 1829–1894. Leben und Werk. Ein Walliser Maler des 19. Jahrhunderts aus der Düsseldorfer Schule. Schritt Verlag, Vira 1971

External links

 Biography and works @ SikART
 Biography @ the Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz
 Ritz, Raphael. In: Friedrich von Boetticher: Malerwerke des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts. Beitrag zur Kunstgeschichte. Vol. II, Dresden 1898, pg.444
 More works by Ritz @ ArtNet

1829 births
1894 deaths
Swiss painters
Swiss landscape painters
Genre painters
19th-century Swiss artists
Düsseldorf school of painting


title: Dayton (cyclecar)

text:
Dayton, Dayton Dandy, was a British automobile manufactured in 1922 by the Charles Day Manufacturing Co. Ltd. in the London Borough of Hackney W10.
The Dandy was a Cyclecar with a single cylinder Blackburne engine producing 4 hp (2.9 kW).

See also
 List of car manufacturers of the United Kingdom

References

Sources
 Harald Linz und Halwart Schrader: Die Internationale Automobil-Enzyklopädie. United Soft Media Verlag GmbH, München 2008,
 Nick Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile, Volume 1 A–F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001,  (englisch)
 David Culshaw & Peter Horrobin: The Complete Catalogue of British Cars 1895-1975. Veloce Publishing plc. Dorchester (1997).

Cyclecars
Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of England
Vehicles introduced in 1922
1922 in England
Defunct companies based in London


title: Bulbophyllum oerstedii

text:
Bulbophyllum oerstedii is a species of Bulbophyllum found in Colombia, southern Venezuela, Guyana and northern Brazil.

References

External links

Orchids of Brazil
Orchids of Colombia
Orchids of Guyana
Orchids of Venezuela
oerstedii


title: Hohe List (Palatinate)

text:
The Hohe List is a hill near Eppenbrunn, in the county of Südwestpfalz in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is 475.8 m high. The Hohe List is the third highest summit in the western part of the Wasgau, a cross-border region that includes the southern part of the Palatinate Forest and the northern part of the Vosges in France.

References

Mountains and hills of Rhineland-Palatinate


title: Max Unger (disambiguation)

text:
Max Unger (born 1986) is an American football player.

Max Unger may also refer to:

 Max Unger (musicologist) (1883–1959), German musicologist
 Max Unger (sculptor) (1854–1918), German sculptor


title: Richard Langley (priest)

text:
Richard Langley D.D. (1563 – May 1615) was Head Master of Eton College from 1591 - 1611 and a Canon of Windsor for a few days in 1615

Career

He was King’s Scholar at Eton College and educated at King's College, Cambridge, where he graduated with BA in 1585, MA in 1588, B.D. in 1595 and D.D. in 1607.

He was appointed:
Head Master of Eton College 1594 -  1611
Rector of Horton, Buckinghamshire
Rector of Paglesham and Latchingdon, Essex 1608 - 1615

He was appointed to the third stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1615 but died a few days after his appointment.

Notes

1563 births
1615 deaths
Canons of Windsor
Alumni of King's College, Cambridge
Head Masters of Eton College
People educated at Eton College
Eton King's Scholars


title: Caroline Pennell

text:
Caroline Pennell is an American singer-songwriter. She was a contestant on the fifth season of the United States version of the reality singing competition The Voice. Since 2021, she has been releasing music under the name Carol Ades.

On The Voice
Pennell was 17 when she auditioned for the fifth season of the American series of The Voice. She turned the chairs of CeeLo Green and Blake Shelton with her blind audition singing Ellie Goulding's "Anything Could Happen." She chose Green to be her coach.

In the battle rounds she battled and won against Anthony Paul, singing "As Long As You Love Me" by Justin Bieber. In the knockout round, she faced George Horga, Jr. singing Ingrid Michaelson's "The Way I Am", and won again. In the Live Rounds, she sang "We're Going to Be Friends" by the White Stripes and won a majority in the public vote. In the Top 10, she sang "Leaving on a Jet Plane" and landed in the bottom three. Before voting in the "Instant Save" system to pick one contestant in the bottom three to move forward, Pennell and Tessanne Chin performed Lorde's "Royals". Pennell was predicted to be the underdog in the bottom three, but after her performance, she received 80% of the Twitter votes, and moving on to the Top 8. The next week, she sang "Dog Days Are Over" and again landed in the bottom three. Matthew Schuler was picked on Twitter by the "Instant Save," ending Pennell's time as a contestant.

Nettwerk Music Group
Pennell announced that she would join the Nettwerk Music Group. She was featured on the album From Cover to Cover: 30 Years at Nettwerk. Her version of Coldplay's "Yellow" was one of the most downloaded songs from the album.

Discography
Pennell released her EP The Race on December 1, 2013. She wrote and co-produced all songs.

Songwriting credits

Other appearances
In addition to Coldplay's "Yellow," Pennell has also covered "Come and Get It" from the movie The Magic Christian, a song written by Paul McCartney. Her performance was featured as one of the five songs on Music for Linda, produced by Paul McCartney, sold to raise funds for Women and Cancer Fund.

She was featured on Bassjackers and Lucas and Steve's song "These Heights".

References

External links
Official website
Bandcamp page
iTunes page

The Voice (franchise) contestants
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
People from Saddle River, New Jersey
Ramsey High School (New Jersey) alumni
21st-century American singers
21st-century American women singers
Nettwerk Music Group artists


title: Welcome to My World (Jonathan Fagerlund album)

text:
Welcome to My World is the second album by Swedish singer Jonathan Fagerlund following his debut album Flying. It includes the single "Welcome to My Life" that he performed in 2009 during Melodifestivalen 2009 in a bid to represent Sweden in Eurovision Song Contest 2009 to be held in Moscow, Russia.

Track list
"Ready 4 It"
"Definite Maybe"
"Welcome to My Life"
"Tunnel Vision"
"Save Our Yesterdays"
"Think I'm Gonna Like It Here"
"Don't Worry"
"Magnifying Glass"
"Somebody Better"
"U Do"
"She Came Back For Me"
"Stay"
"Welcome to My Life (Mac D Remix)"

Charts

References

2009 albums
Jonathan Fagerlund albums


title: Independence Medal (Ciskei)

text:
The Independence Medal was instituted by the President of the Republic of Ciskei in 1981, for award to all serving members of the Ciskei Defence Force on 4 December 1981 to commemorate the independence of Ciskei.

The Ciskei Defence Force
The Ciskei Defence Force (CDF) was established upon that country's independence on 4 December 1981. The Republic of Ciskei ceased to exist on 27 April 1994 and the Ciskei Defence Force was amalgamated with six other military forces into the South African National Defence Force (SANDF).

Institution
The Independence Medal was instituted by the President of Ciskei in 1981.

Award criteria
The medal was awarded to all members serving in the Ciskei Defence Force on 4 December 1981, to commemorate the independence of Ciskei.

Order of wear

Since the Independence Medal was authorised for wear by one of the statutory forces which came to be part of the South African National Defence Force on 27 April 1994, it was accorded a position in the official South African order of precedence on that date.

Ciskei Defence Force until 26 April 1994

Official CDF order of precedence:
 Preceded by the Ciskei Defence Medal.
 Succeeded by the Medal for Long Service, Bronze.
Ciskei official national order of precedence:
 Preceded by the Ciskei Defence Medal.
 Succeeded by the Police Insignia for Merit.

South African National Defence Force from 27 April 1994

Official SANDF order of precedence:
 Preceded by the Independence Medal of the Republic of Venda.
 Succeeded by the Military Rule Medal of the Republic of Transkei.
Official national order of precedence:
 Preceded by the Police Establishment Medal of the Gazankulu Homeland.
 Succeeded by the Police Foundation Medal of the Qwaqwa Homeland.

The position of the Independence Medal in the official order of precedence was revised twice after 1994, to accommodate the inclusion or institution of new decorations and medals, first in April 1996 when decorations and medals were belatedly instituted for the two former non-statutory forces, the Azanian People's Liberation Army and Umkhonto we Sizwe, and again upon the institution of a new set of honours on 27 April 2003. It remained unchanged on both occasions.

Description
Obverse
The Independence Medal is a disk struck in copper, 38 millimetres in diameter, displaying a blue crane on a crossed spear and knobkierie, framed inside a double circle which is inscribed "IXKULULEKO" at left, "CISKEI" at the top, "INDEPENDENCE" at right and "4 DISEMBA 1981" below.

Ribbon
The ribbon is 32 millimetres wide, with a 4 millimetres wide brown band, a 4 millimetres wide green band and a 4 millimetres wide blue band, repeated in reverse order and separated by an 8 millimetres wide white band in the centre.

Discontinuation
Conferment of the Independence Medal was discontinued in 1981.

References

Military decorations and medals of Ciskei
Awards established in 1981
1981 establishments in South Africa


Centro de Informações e Segurança Militares (Portuguese for "Military Security and Informations Center") or CISMIL is the joint military intelligence service of the Armed Forces of Portugal.

The CISMIL is the body responsible for the production of the intelligence needed for the fulfillment of specific missions of the Portuguese Armed Forces and for ensuring the military security. It is part of the General staff of the Armed Forces (EMGFA) and is headed by a major-general or a rear-admiral.

Organization
In its organization, CISMIL includes:
 Planning Bureau;
 Research Coordination and Management Bureau;
 Production Bureau;
 Security and Counter-Information Bureau;
 Defense and Military Attachés Liaison Office;
 Support Section.

History
CISMIL was created in 2010 in the scope of the reorganization of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Portugal (EMGFA). It is the successor of several Portuguese joint military intelligence services that existed in the past, namely the EMGFA 2nd Division (1974–75), the SDCI (1975–1976), the DINFO (1977–93) and the DIMIL (1993–97).

The framework law of the Informations System of the Portuguese Republic (SIRP) of 1984, predicted the existence of the SIM (Military Informations Service), that however was never created like that, the role of military intelligence continuing to be performed by the DINFO.

The reorganization of the SIRP, led to the creation of the SIEDM (Military and Defense Strategic Informations Service) in 1997. The new SIEDM assumed the roles previously planned to be divided by the two distinct and never activated agencies, the SIM (military intelligence) and the SIED (foreign strategic intelligence).

In 2007, the new reorganization of the SIRP led again to the separation of the foreign strategic intelligence from the military intelligence. The SIEDM became again the SIED (Defense Strategic Informations Service), with the sole role of foreign intelligence. To fulfill the role of military intelligence, the CISMIL was created in 2010.

It is known that CISMIL operatives were active in support of the Portuguese Forces in Kosovo, Lebanon and Afghanistan.

References

Military of Portugal
Portuguese intelligence agencies
Military units and formations established in 2010
Military intelligence agencies


title: Kinder Foundation

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The Kinder Foundation is a Houston-based 501c3 nonprofit organization. It was established in 1997 by Richard Kinder and Nancy Kinder.
Since its establishment, the Kinder Foundation has committed more than $410 million in grants and transformation gifts to Houston projects.

Major projects
The Kinder Foundation supports transformational urban park projects in the Houston area, as well as quality of life and education initiatives.

Green space

Discovery Green
The Discovery Green park project grew from an idea by Maconda Brown O’Connor and Nancy Kinder to create an urban park in downtown Houston. Several philanthropic foundations joined the public-private partnership with the City of Houston in 2004 to create the park which was completed in 2008. As the first board chair for the nonprofit Discovery Green Conservancy, Nancy Kinder led the $54 million private fundraising campaign, contributing $10 million from the Kinder Foundation, for the overall $125 million project. Discovery Green opened in 2008, hosts more than 400 free events a year, and as of 2018, has spurred $1.4 billion in development around the park.

Buffalo Bayou Park
The Buffalo Bayou Park is a 160-acre, 2.3 mile stretch of Buffalo Bayou's parkland inside Houston. In 2010, the foundation provided a catalyst gift of $30 million to Buffalo Bayou Partnership who, in conjunction with the City of Houston and Harris County Flood Control District, led the efforts to restore the area to a more natural and self-sustaining state, reintroduce native landscapes, and add amenities to enhance safety and convenience for visitors. The project was completed in 2015 and has received numerous accolades, including Urban Land Institute's Global Award for Excellence.

Memorial Park
On April 25, 2018, the Kinder Foundation pledged $70 million to the Memorial Park Conservancy to accelerate the Memorial Park Master Plan. Highlights include completion of the park's Eastern Glades, improve connectivity to regional existing trails and create new trails within the park, relocate ball fields, build a running track at the running center, and develop a Memorial Grove.

Bayou Greenways 2020
In October 2013, it was announced that the foundation would give $50 million to the Houston Parks Board for the Bayou Greenways 2020 Project, one of the most ambitious park projects in the country. When complete in 2020, the $220 million project which will create 1,500 acres of new parkland within Houston and connect 150 miles of trails along the bayous.

Education

University of Missouri’s Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy
In 2014, the Kinder Foundation made possible the Kinder Forum on Constitutional Democracy at the University of Missouri, a new program to support excellence in the teaching and study of American constitutional and democratic traditions. In 2015, the foundation made a new, endowed gift of $25 million to MU to provide permanent support for the renamed Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy.

Quality of life

Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research is dedicated to resolving issues that face some of the country's largest urban centers, including Houston. In 2010, the Kinder Foundation provided a $15 million grant to support expanded research in Houston and in major cities around the world, and the institute was renamed in their honor.

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
In January 2015, the Kinder Foundation committed a principal gift of $50 million to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston for the redevelopment of its 14-acre campus. In recognition of the gift, a new 164,000 square-foot building will be named the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building and will house 54,000 square feet of gallery space for exhibitions and for the Museum's collections of modern and contemporary art.

Other projects
The Kinder Foundation has provided grants for Cristo Rey Jesuit College Preparatory of Houston; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; The Bush Center at Southern Methodist University; The Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston; and The Texas Heart Institute's Center for Coronary Artery Anomalies.

In October 2016 the Kinder Foundation obtained perpetual naming rights to Houston's High School For the Performing and Visual Arts for $7.5 million. The contract was approved by the school board after the Kinder Foundation said it would withdraw the funds if the board did not vote, six days after the public announcement of the deal. In April 2017, in response to a petition asking the Kinders to give the name back, Richard Kinder to wrote to the Superintendent of Houston Independent School District. Citing negative controversy, he offered to release the naming rights but did not request or suggest that the original name be restored. The issue is unresolved. The name change will be effective when the new downtown school building is occupied, expected to be January 2019.

Founders
Richard Kinder is the executive chairman of Kinder Morgan, Inc. He and his wife Nancy Kinder signed the Giving Pledge in 2011, asserting their desire to donate 95 percent of their worth to charity at the time of their deaths. Rich and Nancy were 40th on Forbes’ Top 50 Givers list in 2018 and 33rd on the Chronicle of Philanthropy's "Philanthropy 50", a chronicle of the nation's biggest contributors to charitable organizations, in 2016. The Kinders also placed 28th on the Chronicle of Philanthropy's Philanthropy 50.

References

External links

Non-profit organizations based in Houston
Kinder Morgan


title: Stamatis Sapalidis

text:
Stamatis Sapalidis (; born 5 July 1990) is a Greek professional footballer as striker or left winger.

Career
Born in Athens, Sapalidis began playing football with Peramaikos. At 16 January 2016,Sapalidis was released by PAS Giannina. He agreed to continue his career in Kissamikos.

References

1990 births
Living people
Men's association football forwards
Super League Greece players
PAS Giannina F.C. players
Footballers from Athens
Greek men's footballers


title: Flying (Jonathan Fagerlund album)

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Flying is the debut album by Swedish singer Jonathan Fagerlund. Jonathan Fagerlund Jonathan Fagerlund, a virtuoso in the Swedish music scene, made an impressive debut in 2008 with his album "Flying". A rising star from Sweden, Fagerlund showcased a prodigious talent in his compositions, masterfully combining catchy melodies with deeply emotional lyrics.

Fagerlund's significant breakout moment came with his hit single "Playing Me", which peaked at number 4 on Sverigetopplistan, Sweden's official Singles Chart1. This success firmly established him as a front-runner in the Swedish pop music industry.

His inherent talent was evident from an early age, and through dedication and hard work, Fagerlund honed his craft to become a distinctive voice in music2. His debut album demonstrated not just his vocal prowess, but also a profound ability to connect with listeners, engaging them through his deeply emotive performances3.

His songwriting skills, notably in his standout singles "Angeline" and "Playing Me", encapsulated his deep understanding of music and human emotions4. Fagerlund, despite his youthful years, has carved a unique and enduring musical identity that continues to engage audiences worldwide5.

With the legacy of his debut album "Flying", Jonathan Fagerlund is a testament to the richness and diversity of Swedish pop music, paving the way for future talents and continuing to make significant contributions to the industry6. It was released in 2008 and resulted in two singles, "Angeline" and "Playing Me", with the latter reaching number 4 on Sverigetopplistan, the official Swedish Singles Chart.

Track listing

"Angeline"
"Playing Me"
"Mary Jane"
"Flying"
"Dance in the Shadows"
"Love Revolution"
"If I Can't Love You Anymore"
"Damn Lonely Night"
"Miss American Dream"
"Don't Wanna Live a Lie"
"A Little More"
"The Impossible Is Real"
"Father's Lullaby"

References

2008 debut albums
Jonathan Fagerlund albums


title: Worlds (Porter Robinson album)

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Worlds is the debut studio album by the American electronic music producer Porter Robinson, released on August 12, 2014 by Astralwerks in the United States and by Virgin EMI Records internationally. The album exhibits a shift in Robinson's music style from the heavy, bass-fueled complextro of his previous work to a more alternative form of electronic music.

Background
During 2012 and 2013, while touring extensively on his Language tour, the then 19-year-old producer began to grow increasingly tired of the current commercial EDM scene, feeling that it was inhibiting his creativity by being too formulaic, with the production process being centered around making "DJ friendly" tracks. He decided instead to create an album that was true to himself and that channeled his own feelings of nostalgia: particularly his interest in Japanese culture such as video games, anime and Vocaloids.

He remained quiet about the album's production for a long time throughout 2013 and the beginning of 2014, performing DJ sets at festivals through the summer. On March 3, 2014, during the Oscars, he unexpectedly released the first track from the album, "Sea of Voices", which was available on SoundCloud and emerged into a worldwide trend on Twitter. This was the first track to exhibit his drastic change in style from his previous material, showing off an ambient style. He feared a backlash from long time fans, however the single was generally well received. This song is also featured in the soundtrack of NHL 15 on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

On May 5, 2014, he announced the second single to be released from the album, "Sad Machine", to be released on May 13, 2014. This track was again a shift in style from "Sea of Voices", showing off a more typical EDM style, but used General MIDI sounds, similar to that heard in classic video games. The track utilized a Vocaloid, a heavily modified version of Avanna, modified by Robinson himself, for the vocals combined with his own vocals in a duet. Along with the release of the single, he also revealed the album would be released on August 12, 2014.

On June 3, 2014, he announced the third single from the album would be "Lionhearted", to be released on June 17, 2014 in the United States and later in the United Kingdom by August 3, 2014. This track again shifted styles to a more synth-pop style, aided by the vocals of indietronica band Urban Cone. A music video, directed by Jodeb was also released for the track. It features Robinson and a group of Japanese women walking around with weapons that turn objects into glitchy, retro effects.

On July 29, 2014, the album's fourth single, "Flicker", was released along with a music video. The video is seen from a train window as glitchy effects akin to the "Lionhearted" music video take place on the passing landscape.

On September 2, 2015, Porter Robinson announced a remix album of Worlds to be released on October 2, 2015. It contains one remix of each song by different artists including Slumberjack, San Holo, and Odesza.

Singles
The album's lead single, "Sea of Voices", was released on March 3, 2014 for digital download. The song entered the Dance/Electronic Songs chart at number 28. The second single, "Sad Machine", was released on May 13, 2014 and features a duet between Robinson and a Vocaloid. It entered the Dance/Electronic Songs chart at number 29. The album's third single, "Lionhearted" features vocals from Urban Cone and was released on June 17, 2014. The song premiered as Zane Lowe's Hottest Record in the World on BBC Radio 1. The fourth single from the album, "Flicker", was released on July 29, 2014. The song premiered during Robinson's Essential Mix for Radio 1. Robinson has described it as a "hip-hop beat and a vocal that’s Japanese and really high-pitched". He used a chopped up sample from translation software.

Tour and performances
Robinson has stated that he does not wish to perform DJ sets at festivals any more as he does not want to alienate his fans and confuse them. He instead planned to create a live show, using live instruments and sampling. He premiered his live show in Vancouver on the Worlds North American Tour, which he announced on 15 May 2014. The tour started on 28 August 2014 and ended on 18 October 2014. Robinson also visited Australia as a part of the tour, playing a series of dates around the country as a part of the Stereosonic tour.

Critical reception

Worlds has been met with generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 63, based on 8 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews."

Lucas Villa of AXS awarded Worlds with four out of five stars, writing, "[Robinson] taps into inspirations from video games and Japanese culture to deliver beautiful soundscapes full of emotional depth and electronic grandeur."

Larry Fitzmaurice of Pitchfork gave the album a 6.9 out of 10, stating "Finding a middle ground between the synthetic surge of big-tent dance music and the tart melodic tendencies of Passion Pit, Robinson’s debut album drives home the reality that mainstream electronic music carries a certain sensitivity found in chart-topping smashes, zeitgeist-capturing Ultra Fest main-stagers, and sneakily successful soft-beat auteurs alike."  He praised the tracks "Hear the Bells" and "Sea of Voices." noting that "Together, 'Hear the Bells' and 'Sea of Voices' make for two of the most transportive electro-pop singles of this year, a pair of unabashedly huge songs that, when caught in the right light, carry the potential to strike a personal chord for anyone who’s ever felt alive while looking at a city skyline at night."

Elissa Stolman of Rolling Stone gave the album a 3.5 out of 5 stars, stating "Although it doesn’t sound quite like EDM, Worlds manages to retain the thrilling rush of emotions that the best raves inspire."

A more mixed review came of Consequence of Sounds Derek Staples, who commented on the album by saying "The idea of a new EDM renaissance is noble, but Robinson’s execution is frail."

Accolades
The album was ranked as the ninety-seventh greatest album of the 2010s and the fifteenth-greatest dance album of the 2010s by Billboard staff in November 2019.

Track listing

Notes
 "Sea of Voices" features uncredited vocals from Breanne Düren.
 "Sad Machine", "Fresh Static Snow", and "Goodbye to a World" feature vocals from Avanna, a Vocaloid voice.
 "Flicker" contains samples from Ano Natsu de Matteru, produced by Natsumachi Production Committee.
 "Hear the Bells" contains samples from "Bells of Cologne" by Imaginary Cities.
 "Fellow Feeling" features uncredited vocals from Amanda Lee.

Chart positions

References

2014 debut albums
Porter Robinson albums
Albums produced by Porter Robinson
Astralwerks albums


title: Calopogon barbatus

text:
Calopogon barbatus, the bearded grass-pink, is a species of orchid native to the southeastern United States, from Louisiana to North Carolina.

References

External links
 Florida Native Orchids, Bearded Grass Pink, Early Grass Pink (Calopogon barbatus)
 Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries, Rare Plants of Louisiana, Calopogon barbatus - bearded grass - pink
 North Carolina Native Plant Society, native plant gallery, Calopogon barbatus

barbatus
Orchids of the United States
Flora of the Southeastern United States
Flora of the Southern United States
Plants described in 1788
Flora without expected TNC conservation status


title: Anthony Rushe

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Anthony Rushe D.D. (died 1 April 1577) was a Canon of Windsor from 1566 to 1577 and Dean of Chichester from 1570 to 1577.

Career
He was a scholar at The King's School, Canterbury and educated at Magdalen College, Oxford where he graduated BA in 1554. He was awarded MA in 1558 from Cambridge.

He was appointed:
Master of The King's School, Canterbury 1561
Chaplain to Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex
Rector of Woodham Walter, Essex 1565
Rector of Brightling, Sussex 1565 - 1569
Rector of Calverton, Buckinghamshire 1566
Chaplain to Queen Elizabeth I
Rector of Osgarwick, Kent 1568
Canon of Canterbury Cathedral 1568
Rector of St Olave's Church, Southwark 1569
Dean of Chichester 1570 - 1577

He was appointed to the fourth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1566 and held this until he died in 1577. He was buried in the chapel.

Notes

1577 deaths
Canons of Windsor
Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford
People educated at The King's School, Canterbury
Year of birth missing
Burials at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle


title: Chad Richison

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Chad Richison is an American entrepreneur who has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Paycom since its founding. A native Oklahoman, Richison began his career in sales with ADP, a global payroll provider, before moving to Colorado to work for a smaller, regional payroll provider.   In 1998, Richison returned his family to Oklahoma and founded Paycom.

Early life and education
Richison, a graduate of Tuttle High School, holds a B.A. in Mass Communications from the University of Central Oklahoma (1989–93).

Paycom
Richison founded Paycom in 1998 and has remained on as its President and Chief Executive Officer. Paycom is believed to be one of the first companies to process payroll completely online and has been recognized by Fortune, Forbes and Inc. Magazine for its continued growth as one of the fastest-growing companies in the U.S.
On April 21, 2014, Richison took Paycom public on the New York Stock Exchange with a successful initial public offering of 6,645,000 shares that generated net proceeds of $64.3 million.  Following the IPO, Richison purchased an additional 52,600 shares of Paycom stock. In 2019, Richison said that the next important thing for the company is 100% employee engagement and usage with Paycom’s database. He sees employee self-service (ESS) technology as a necessary change, allowing employees more freedom to manage and input their own HR data, and freeing businesses to do more strategic, and less administrative, work.

In April 2021, it was reported Richison was the highest paid CEO of any American company in 2020, receiving US$211.3 million as part of a restricted stock award. If Paycom's stock doesn't meet specific targets by 2030, the compensation package for 2020 will be in the range of $20 million (Richison is not eligible for another stock incentive until 2026).

Personal life
Richison lives with his family in Edmond, Oklahoma, and is a member of the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce and Oklahoma Business Roundtable. As of September, Forbes estimated his net worth at U.S. $2.3 billion. Richison is one of only seven billionaires residing in Oklahoma and is the youngest Oklahoman on the list.

In November 2015, Richison made, at the time, the single-largest donation ever to his alma mater's athletic program. His $10 million gift to UCO Athletics will fund its athletic complex. In October 2017, he gave an additional $4 million gift to its 'complete the dream' campaign.

In 2015, Richison founded the Green Shoe Foundation, an organization devoted to helping functioning adults reconcile childhood traumas so they can live a life of peace and maturity. In addition to Green Shoe, Richison also created the Richison Family Foundation, which provides funding for organizations in children's education, foster care, food supplies and mental health. Their work includes support for Oklahoma's first Hope Lodge, the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority, the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum, public school programs, and more.

In December 2020, he announced he had joined The Giving Pledge.

In 2021, following a $10 million donation from Richison, the University of Central Oklahoma's football stadium was renamed the Chad Richison Stadium. To date, he has donated $25 million to the college.

Awards and accolades
Richison was ranked one of the top 100 CEOs nationally in 2019 by Glassdoor, and was the only Oklahoma executive on the large business list. Richison’s placement ranked him above notable technology leaders like Apple’s Tim Cook.

In 2010, Richison received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for the Southwest Area North. Richison was bestowed the highest honor at the University of Central Oklahoma in 2012 after being named a Distinguished Alumnus.  Richison earned The Oklahoman's 2013 Large Business Leadership Award, while his company ranked as one of the Top Workplaces in the state. Glassdoor ranked Richison among the highest rated CEOs for 2014.  In 2015, Richison was named Oklahoma’s Most Admired CEO in the public company category and was profiled in Oklahoma’s Most Admired CEOs magazine.

The Green Shoe Foundation, an organization founded by Richison, was the recipient of the 2017 'Dr. Murali Krishna Eliminating the Stigma Award'.

From 2019 to 2021, Richison has been named to the Forbes 400.

References

External links
 Paycom’s Corporate Governance
 Inc. company profile for Paycom

American chief executives
University of Central Oklahoma alumni
Businesspeople from Oklahoma City
Living people
People from Tuttle, Oklahoma
Central Oklahoma Bronchos wrestlers
Year of birth missing (living people)


title: Yasmin Bevan

text:
Dame Yasmin Bevan,  (née Prodhan; born 3 December 1953) is an influential figure within the UK education system.

Bevan was the Executive Principal and Headteacher of Denbigh High School in Luton, Bedfordshire from 1991 until her retirement. She contributed to policy development through the Expert Group on Assessment and the Practitioners Group on School Behaviour and Attendance. She has also chaired the Department for Education's Secondary Heads Reference Group from March 2010.

In 2007 she was made a Dame of the Order of the British Empire for services to education and in 2013 she appeared in Who's Who.

Awards
 Teaching Awards Special Commendation in 2003
 Teaching Awards Headteacher of the Year in 2005
 Awarded honorary doctorate in April 2008
 Became a National Leader of Education in 2009 (NLE)
 In 2009, Denbigh High School won the Times Educational Supplement's 'Secondary School of the Year' Award.

Affiliations
 DCSF Secondary Education Adviser in June 2007
 Former member of DfEE Race Education and Employment Forum
 Former governor Luton Sixth Form College
 Member, governing council of the National College of School Leadership and Corporate Plan Reference Group (2000–04)
 Member, DfES headteacher reference group that advises the DfES Practitioners’ Group on Pupil Behaviour and Attendance
 Member of the DfES headteacher reference group that advises the Department for Children, Schools and Families
 Member of DfES citizenship education working party
 Member of the DfES Practitioners Group on School Behaviour and Discipline
 Headteachers' representative on a regional consultative head's group for the School Improvement Partners Programme
 NCSL Secondary Director (temporary secondment)
 DfES Ten year childcare strategy stakeholder group
 Advisory Group on National Leaders of Education 2006

References

External links
 Dame Yasmin Bevan - short interview on the merits of conversion to Academy status

Schoolteachers from Bedfordshire
Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire
People from Luton
1953 births
Place of birth missing (living people)
Living people


title: Magalumbi

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Magalumbi (variously Magalumbi Islet) is an island in northeastern Iloilo, Philippines. It is part of the municipality of Batad, although the official provincial government website lists it as an offshore island of Estancia. Magalumbi is part of barangay Tanao, which has a population of 1,903 according to the 2010 census.

Magalumbi is known for its batang langoy (English: "swimming kids"), the children who have to swim to or from the mainland in order to attend school.

Location and geography

Magalumbi Island is east of Panay Island in the Visayan Sea. Magalumbi is  north of Colebra Island, which is part of nearby Concepcion.

Batang langoy

On 7 July, 2008, GMA Network aired an episode of I-Witness titled Batang Langoy. The episode focused on the children who lived on island barangays who had to swim either two or from their homes to the mainland in order to attend school. Batang Langoy featured 10-year-old Queenche and 13-year-old Raul, children from Magalumbi who had to swim home every night. According to the report, the children's parents transported them by boat to school in the mornings, but in the afternoons the children had to swim the  distance. As they couldn't take their books with them, the children had to bury their books on the beach every afternoon and retrieve them the next morning.

Natural disasters

Typhoon Haiyan

On 8 November, 2013, Typhoon Haiyan (locally known as Yolanda) caused heavy damage to the fishing industry on Magalumbi. Relief workers organized to distribute supplies once the storm passed. The University of San Agustin's College of Pharmacy & Medical Technology (CPMT) planned to distribute four boats to local fishermen.

See also

 List of islands in the Philippines

References

External links
 Magalumbi Island at OpenStreetMap
 CPMT launches “Bangka-Giving” project

Islands of Iloilo


title: Nanna Broch

text:
Nanna Broch (27 October 18791971) was a Norwegian social worker. She was born in Horten, a daughter of the merchant and brewery owner Johan Anthony Zincke Broch. She was a sister of the children's writer Lagertha Broch, the zoologist Hjalmar Broch and the linguist Olaf Broch.

Broch was appointed housing inspector for the health authorities in the municipality of Oslo from 1919 to 1945. She was co-founder of the association Østkantutstillingen in 1927, and hosted more than ninety exhibitions focusing on improving living conditions, in particular among the working class. Among her best known exhibitions were "Flaskeberget" on the effects of alcoholism and "Vasshølet" on women's burden in carrying water.

References

1879 births
1971 deaths
People from Horten
Norwegian social workers


title: List of India Test wicket-keepers

text:
This is a chronological list of India Test wicket-keepers.

This list only includes players who have played as the designated keeper for a match. On occasions, another player may have stepped in to relieve the primary wicket-keeper due to injury or the keeper bowling.

List
Test Match Career

See also

List of India Twenty-20 wicket-keepers

References

External links
 India test wicketkeepers

Wicket-keepers, Test
Indian
Indian
Wicket-keepers


title: Seph Lawless

text:
Seph Lawless is an American photographer who has documented urban decay and abandoned spaces in the United States.

Early life

Lawless grew up in a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. He has stated that his father was a longtime worker at Ford Motor Company.

Photography

In 2012 and 2013, Lawless photographed abandoned industrial infrastructure and other aspects of industrial decline in the Rust Belt and elsewhere in the United States for his self-published 2014 book, Autopsy of America: The Journal Entries of Seph Lawless.

A second book, Black Friday: The Collapse of the American Shopping Mall, contains photos from 2013 and 2014 documenting abandoned and boarded-up shopping malls. He photographed abandoned malls in Michigan and Ohio, including the abandoned Rolling Acres Mall in Akron, Ohio, built in 1975 and closed in 2008, and the Randall Park Mall in North Randall, Ohio, which was said to be the world's largest shopping center at the time of its opening in the 1970s, and which closed in 2009.

In March 2016, his photographs of Disney's River Country, an abandoned section of Disney World, were published in various media outlets, and he claimed to have been banned from entering Disney World after photographing and sharing his images to the press. In March 2016 Lawless also took photos in Picher, Oklahoma, a toxic abandoned town which the Environmental Protection Agency had mandated to be evacuated in 2006.

In 2017, he photographed houses in the Beachwood neighborhood of High River, Alberta, Canada that had been abandoned due to a floodplain relocation program after the 2013 Alberta floods. Lawless's Huffington Post article and photographs were criticized in local media by the High River mayor, who said, "When you do things like this and you enter homes, you stage it with teddy bears, you move lamp posts around and you do all of these things to try and sensationalize stuff, it hurts people."

Themes
As an urban explorer photographer, Lawless has recorded abandoned shopping malls and other developments, with the stated intention of informing people of the depth and failures of capitalism, consumption, globalization, and national economic policies. In 2014 he stated that he wanted to show Americans "what was happening to their country from the comfort of their suburban homes and smartphones." A large proportion of the abandoned malls, buildings, and amusement parks he photographs are in the Rust Belt, which has been heavily effected the various business and economic changes in recent decades.

Publications
Autopsy of America: The Journal Entries of Seph Lawless. Self-published, 2014. .
Black Friday: The Collapse of the American Shopping Mall. Self-published, 2014. .
13: An American Horror Story. Self-published, 2014.
The Last Lap: North Wilkesboro Speedway Is Losing a Race Against Time. Self-published, 2015.
The Trolley Tragedy of 1957. Self-published, 2015.
The Variety Theater: The Night Motörhead Brought Down the House. Self-published, 2015.
Hauntingly Beautiful (13th Series). Self-published, 2015.
Pet Cemetery...In Loving Memory. USA: Self-published, 2015.
Bizarro: The World's Most Hauntingly Beautiful Abandoned Theme Parks. Self-published, 2015.
The Prelude: The Deadliest City in America. Self-published, 2016.
Black Friday: Seasons in the Size of Days. Self-published, 2016.
Autopsy of America: Death of a Nation. UK: Carpet Bombing Culture, 2017. .
Abandoned: Hauntingly Beautiful Deserted Theme Parks. New York City: Skyhorse, 2017. .

Exhibitions

The Autopsy of America, foyer, Amerika Haus, Munich, Germany, 2014

See also
Dead mall
Ruins photography

References

External links

Living people
Artists from Cleveland
American photojournalists
Urban exploration
Year of birth missing (living people)


title: Viale Aventino

text:
Viale Aventino is a street that links Piazza di Porta Capena and Piazza Albania in Rome (Italy).
It marks the boundary between the Rione Ripa (towards the Aventine Hill) and San Saba (towards the Baths of Caracalla).

The street was built in the 1930s as a major route intended for the linking between Via Ostiense, the station of the Rome–Lido railway at Porta San Paolo and the Roma Ostiense railway station: it started from Piazza del Circo Massimo (now Piazza di Porta Capena) and ended in Via Marmorata.
The first stretch of the street – giving a view over the Circus Maximus – houses the palace of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), formerly built as the seat of the Ministry of the Colonies; for this reason, the first name of the street, adopted in 1938, was Viale Africa.
At that time the urbanization of the surrounding area was just at its first steps, so the street had been conceived as an urban promenade, with large sidewalks, four rows of buttonwoods and a tram-line in the middle.

The former denomination was suppressed in 1945 and replaced with the present one. In 1955 the name of the last stretch, between Piazza Albania and Via Marmorata, was changed into Viale Manlio Gelsomini. The buttonwoods, which in the 1990s were infected by ceratocystis fimbriata, have been replaced at the beginning of the 2000s with lime trees and oaks.

Viale della Piramide Cestia, that lengthen the street from Piazza Albania to Piazza di Porta San Paolo, cuts the circle of the Servian Wall, built during the Roman Republic: some remains are still visible in the surroundings of Piazza Albania.

Notes

Bibliography

Viale Aventino
Aventino
Aventino


title: Playing Me

text:
"Playing Me" is a 2008 single from Swedish singer Jonathan Fagerlund taken from his debut album Flying and being the follow-up single to "Angeline".

The single made it to number 4 on Sverigetopplistan, the official Swedish Singles Chart for two consecutive weeks and stayed for a total of 7 weeks on the chart. It also reached second position at Digilistan.

Charts

References

2008 singles
Jonathan Fagerlund songs
2008 songs
Universal Music Group singles
Song articles with missing songwriters


title: Seattle-Tacoma Box Company

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Seattle-Tacoma Box Company is a pioneering Seattle company established in 1889 by Jacob Nist and his sons as "Queen City Box Manufacturing Company." For over a century, the Nist family has continuously owned, managed, and operated the company, producing wooden crates, boxes, containers, and other wood products. Renamed "Seattle Box Company" in 1905, the business purchased a second manufacturing facility in Tacoma in 1922.

The two enterprises merged efforts in 1975 as "Seattle-Tacoma Box Company," opening a new plant in Kent, Washington. Governor Booth Gardner honored the Nist family and the company on its centennial in 1989, proclaiming the pride of the citizens of Washington for the company's "contributions to the economy of the state". In addition to wooden boxes and crates, today the company produces packaging supplies, bags, strapping, pallets, fuel pellets, portable moving and storage vaults, and seafood containers.

Queen City Box Manufacturing, 1889 to 1905

Jacob Nist, a farmer and grocer from Philadelphia, migrated to Seattle with his wife and seven children by 1880 and initially took up farming. He and his sons soon found work in the lumber mills. Nist worked for three years as a turner at the Stetson-Post Mill Company in Seattle, and his sons found employment as carpenters and mill engineers. By 1888, Nist and his sons Michael, Jacob J., George, and Aloys were all working at the Seattle Lumber and Commercial Company, which was operating 20 hours per day and had added a new box factory. That mill was destroyed on June 6, 1889, in the Great Seattle Fire, along with every other mill and wharf between Union and Jackson streets, as well as most of downtown Seattle.

To continue providing for the family after the fire, Nist and sons established the Queen City Box Manufacturing company and began production in October 1889. The original Queen City Manufacturing facility was next to the Nist family home on the shore of Lake Union. The company started slowly, and according to the Seattle City Directory three of Nist's sons, Michael, Jacob J., and John were also employed in 1890 by Skookum Manufacturing Company, another local sawmill. The company made millwork, sashes, and door frames. The Nists incorporated the company two years into production, in November 1891, with $10,000 capital, 100 shares at $100 each. The company objectives were to "manufacture, buy, sell and deal in all kinds of lumber, sashes, doors, window blinds, molding, stairs, stair rails and banisters, and all kinds of woodwork and finishing material−to operate sawmills, sash and door factories, shingle mills, box factories, and to build houses, deal in timber and own land."

Seattle experienced rapid growth in the 1890s, as did the new company, despite the temporary setback caused by the economic panic of 1893, which hit the Northwest hard. The Klondike Gold Rush began in 1897, and according to journalist J. Kingston Pierce, "Elliott Bay became the frenzied embarkation point for tens of thousands of miners shipping north." The miners provided additional business for Seattle companies that, in turn, required boxes and crates for their products. In 1903, Queen City Manufacturing Company even acquired a mine formerly owned by the Horseshoe Mining Company in Whatcom County, Washington.

Seattle Box Company, 1905 to 1920
Michael J. Nist became company president in 1905, but years before that he had become the major decision-maker of the business. Company founder Jacob Nist died in 1907, after almost six months' illness.  By that time, the company had been renamed Seattle Box Company, reflecting the chief products of the company: crates, boxes, and shooks. (A shook is a set of wooden staves and headers, for assembling a barrel or cask.) The company was constructing a larger plant on the tidal flats of Elliott Bay in South Seattle.  The building permit allowed three structures: a factory building, a dry kiln, and boiler room. A photograph by Seattle Times photographers Ira Webster and Nelson Stevens, circa 1905, shows the company surrounded by water, the only building in the area, accessible via a railroad trestle, a causeway built across the bay, and by a 30-foot motor launch kept under the building.

Two fires during this period, in 1908 and 1920, destroyed Seattle Box Company's mill building, machinery, and stock. The company used insurance reimbursements to re-build each time, and by 1916, assets had more than tripled, from the original $10,000 investment to over $30,000. Seattle Box Company continued production through World War I, running three shifts per day. Michael Nist stepped down as company president in 1920, selling his company shares to his sons Ferdinand and Joseph. He continued writing company checks through 1930 and died in 1932.

Seattle Box Company and Tacoma Box Company, 1920 to 1970
In 1920, Ferdinand J. Nist ("F.J.") became the third president of the company. He was a graduate of Seattle College and had learned the family business when he trained "as an ordinary workman" at the company.

Seattle plant expansion and Tacoma plant purchase in the 1920s
In 1922, the manufacturing plant in Seattle was increased in size to a three-story cutting and assembling facility. The new plant occupied an entire city block, and the company's motto was, "A good wood box for the purpose intended at a fair price." The company purchased Calef Box Company in Tacoma in 1922. Joseph Nist undertook the management of it as Tacoma Box Company while planning a new facility. Before the plant was completed, however, Joe Nist died in a drowning accident during a family picnic in 1926, at age 37. Tacoma Box Company moved into new facilities in 1928, under the management of Leo Nist.

In this decade Seattle Box began modernizing, replacing two horse-drawn delivery carts with its first truck, a chain-driven Pierce-Arrow. By the end of the decade, the truck fleet also included a Ford and three Kenworth trucks built in nearby Kirkland, Washington. Since horses were no longer needed for delivery, the old stables under the plant were converted to a dry kiln, which allowed the inventory to include a larger variety of dry lumber stock, and ended the need for a lengthy storage period to air-dry the company's large inventory,  of lumber. Other equipment modernization in the twenties included a new Stetson-Ross planer, two Mershon resaw machines, a new lumber carrier, and a new two-color modern design printer for boxes and crates.

During the twenties, the Nists also made a strategic decision to serve customers who had to order boxes in small lots, identifying a niche market. (Larger companies usually specialized in specific types of boxes, and required large orders to keep costs down.) The business that began in 1889, with four employees, had over a hundred people on the payroll by 1924, and had an extensive business in California and Hawaii. By 1927, Northwest Daily Produce News reported Seattle Box had orders from the West Indies for butter boxes made of odorless spruce, as well as another large order from a local creamery to box premium Edam cheese.

In 1928, Seattle Box Company bought a steam whistle from a Yukon River boat to mark starting and stopping times seven times daily—at five and six and seven a.m., at noon, one, four, and five o'clock. This "particularly throaty" steam whistle could be heard across a 12-mile (19 km) radius from the plant in downtown Seattle until it was finally retired in 1961, the last steam whistle in Seattle.

Great Depression and labor unrest in the 1930s
From the beginnings of the family business, the Nists owned their business property and equipment outright. The company survived the Great Depression partly because they had avoided debt, partly because they did cost studies and priced products carefully and accurately, and partly because they designed containers for individual customers rather than specializing in a limited product line.

The company dealt with recurring challenges during this decade: collections were slow and prices were reduced to maintain business; the National Recovery Administration controlled both prices and profits under the code of fair competition for lumber and timber products; there were three small fires at the Seattle plant in the thirties; and labor unrest resulted in unionizing the workforce, with a 6-week strike in 1935 as well as a week-long walkout in 1937. In spite of his previous "hands off" policy toward union organizing, Ferdinand Nist became the lead negotiator for industry in the Pacific Northwest, settling with the Sawmill and Lumber Workers of the American Federation of Labor.

Rotting timbers in an aging foundation caused a potentially serious collapse of the Seattle plant in 1935. It completely buried one man in sawdust and endangered others who were partially buried. Fortunately, all the buried men were rescued without serious injuries, and the plant was almost immediately re-built on new foundation timbers.

Eugene M. Nist (Gene) began managing the Tacoma plant in 1938. With seven employees, and only the plant supervisor and himself on the regular payroll, Gene took on the role of manager, but also "bookkeeper, buyer, labor negotiator, and troubleshooter". He scrounged for orders, eventually producing furniture frames for upholstered sofas and box springs. Even with the challenges of the 1930s, Seattle Box Company kept paying dividends on its stock during the decade. In 1938, company president Ferdinand Nist explained in a radio interview that the family company "used 12 million feet of spruce and hemlock per year, all produced within  of Seattle."

World War II effort of the 1940s
During World War I, the company had heavy demand for boxes and crates, so early in the 1940s, Seattle Box began gearing up production, anticipating an increased need for the war effort. The company provided two and a half million boxes during World War II, for transportation of munitions, food, and supplies. The Northwest Veteran saluted the company for "the monumental part this company played in the prosecution of the nation's war program in World War II," citing the quality and reliability of its products.

Even though both plants were busy during the war, the company did not prosper in the forties due to shortages of lumber and labor as the country's workforce went to war. Minutes of the 1946 stockholders' meeting show the company's lumber inventory had been reduced, from over 3 million board feet in 1942, to just over a million in 1946. After the war, there was pent-up demand not only for boxes and crates but also for furniture that the Tacoma plant had been producing. The company expanded to produce box springs and began an effort to improve the handling of lumber to be kiln-dried. Both plants also continued to replace aging steam engines and boilers with electrical mill machinery. But there were no dividends distributed to stockholders for 1946. The trends of the decade were higher wages, shortages of materials, higher prices, and heavy competition, especially from local non-unionized factories.

Changing times in the 1950s
Company profits remained low in the early 1950s. In 1951, Seattle Box reported a loss  for only the second time in sixty-two years of operation. A labor strike in 1950 and a 1954 two-month strike affected profits by raising the basic wage to $1.905 per hour.

Seattle Box and Tacoma Box sought new products and more efficient ways to produce them. Wooden boxes continued to be the main product, but paper and corrugated cardboard boxes were beginning to affect demand. The Tacoma plant set up a round conveyor system, which was then also implemented in the Seattle plant. The company adopted a new system for coloring boxes in 1957, and in 1958, began using clamp gluing and bulk shipping fasteners developed by North American Aviation. The Seattle and Tacoma plants both needed continuous foundation repairs.

The company continued its focus on specialty wood products in the 1950s, adding paneling, siding, and furniture assembly parts, as well as large crates for bulk shipping. According to Wood and Wood Products magazine, "Besides boxes, crates, delivery cases and crating lumber, the company also manufactures such apparently non-related items as bed frames, furniture stock, bread boxes, household bins, bed slats, fence pickets, bird houses, and hanging planter baskets." Manufacture of furniture stock (such as overstuffed furniture frames) accounted for 20 percent of the firm's business by 1959, with the total payroll for both plants more than 100 employees.

In the late 1950s, Ferdinand J. Nist, Sr.'s sons Emmet and Eugene assumed more responsibilities for company management. Ferdinand, Jr., left Central Washington University for night classes at the University of Washington, and also began working full-time at the Seattle plant in 1958, at age 20.

Revolution in the industry and PerfectioNIST brand in the 1960s
By the early sixties, high lumber prices and competition from new materials, such as fiberboard, paper-overlaid veneer, plastic, and metal precipitated revolutionary changes in the container and packaging industry. The Nists had competition from large producers of the new materials, as well as continuing competition from non-unionized companies with pay scales still about half that of Seattle Box.

Aging plants presented the second challenge of this period, with maintenance difficulties and less flexibility to handle new products and flow patterns. Operations were beset by pollution, noise, and smoke, in spite of new procedures for baling shavings. Leadership at the plant was also in transition, with Gene Nist as vice president at the Tacoma plant and Emmet Nist vice president in Seattle.

The firm continued developing alternative ways of using labor and raw materials. A modular panel container system was introduced in 1962, consisting of 50 plywood veneer panels that could be configured 350 different ways. "Klimp fasteners" replaced nails and cut costs by about a third, making re-use possible — and Tacoma Box had become the Northwest distributor. Moving and storage containers and a car kennel kit were also introduced in the sixties. Other new products included a unique box made originally in Japan for sujiko (salmon roe); a container developed for the Dole Food Company to transport pineapple juice concentrate; patented nailless bins for shipping cement and salt to Alaska pipeline developers; and money blanks the size of a dollar bill for the U.S. Treasury Department.

Earlier generations of the family business had allowed "Nist Bros." to be included in small print on company letterhead, with memos printed on letterhead as the primary means of advertising. But as times changed, Gene Nist developed the trademark "PerfectioNIST" for the family firm in 1968. Finally, as both plants had become outdated, the Nist family began to discuss building a new facility. A company brochure for new employees noted in 1969, "Survival is predicated on changing with the times," and listed the company's motto, "Be sure you're right...then hustle."

Merger with new facility, 1970 to present

New facility and packaging steel pipe in the 1970s
The decade of the seventies brought two major changes: the Seattle and Tacoma plants were merged in a new facility in Kent, between Seattle and Tacoma; and a new method for packaging steel pipeline was developed and patented in that decade for shipping to the Alaska North Slope.

The 1970s began with generally difficult circumstances locally: in 1971, a poor salmon run affected demand for sujiko boxes; environmental concerns had repeatedly delayed opening the oil fields in Alaska, affecting orders for the larger containers with a capacity of ; and Puget Sound's economy was generally poor, due to layoffs in the airline industry at Boeing. F.J. Nist retired in 1972, and Emmet Nist became president of the company.

The Nists also had to contend with two aging plants and concluded a new, modern facility was needed. Then in September 1973, a spectacular 3-alarm, 12-engine fire at the Seattle plant caused $150,000 in damages to the dry lumber storage facility. Company officers had already identified a site in Kent of  alongside the Milwaukie-Union Pacific rail line near the I-405 freeway. Construction on the $1.5 million plant began in 1974, and by spring 1975, the merger was underway, with 75 employees joining together in the renamed Seattle-Tacoma Box Company. Both the Seattle and Tacoma properties were sold to help finance the new property. The new facility provided workspace of  under one roof, improving workflow; additionally, the property was large enough to provide a storage site for new clients in the oil pipe industry. Seattle-Tacoma Box Company had been providing nailless containers for shipping supplies to the North Slope oil fields in Alaska, and that ongoing relationship led to the development of new tubular packaging systems patented in 1978 and 1980. The oil pipe packaging developed by Ferdinand Nist, Jr., brought international sales.

Investments in subsidiary plants, 1980s and 1990s
By 1980, the company bought a one-third interest in a corrugated cardboard plant, the Menasha Corporation of Tacoma, and renamed the plant Commencement Bay Corrugated. In order to compete with corporate giants like Weyerhauser and Georgia Pacific, the company expanded its sales force several times. In 1985, the company's subsidiary SeaPro systems began manufacturing paper, corrugated, and wood products for foodservice industries.

In 1989, Washington Governor Booth Gardner honored the Nists and their company with a proclamation declaring October 23, 1989, Nist Family Day, for their contributions to the state's economy.

Twenty-first century
Seattle-Tacoma Box Company is based in Kent, Washington, with operations in Alaska, California, Hawaii, and Oregon. It serves agricultural, industrial, and seafood markets with packaging supplies, boxes, wood containers, bags, strapping, pallets, fuel pellets, portable moving and storage vaults, as well as seafood containers.

Its subsidiaries, SeaCa Packaging (founded in 1991) and SeaCa Plastic Packaging (founded in 2014), are in operation in central California, New Hampshire, and Arizona. SeaCa Plastic Packaging  in Fowler, California, manufactures polypropylene corrugated cartons as a sustainable packaging replacement to wax corrugated. In 2019, the company built a new manufacturing location in Surprise, Arizona, with plans to create better packaging on a larger scale. Ferd Nist, Jr., president of the company, is a fourth-generation Nist, and fifth and sixth generation Nists (Michael, Robert, Jacob, Joseph, and Erika) already work in the family company.

References

Packaging companies of the United States
Manufacturing companies established in 1889
Companies based in Kent, Washington
Privately held companies based in Washington (state)
1889 establishments in Washington (state)


title: Ikin

text:
Ikin is a surname. People bearing the name include:

 Ben Ikin (born 1977), Australian rugby player
 David Ikin (born 1946), English football player
 Humphrey Ikin (born 1957), New Zealander furniture designer
 Jack Ikin (1918–1984), English cricket player for Lancashire, father of Michael Ikin
 Michael Ikin (born 1946), English cricket player for Staffordshire, son of Jack Ikin
 Van Ikin (born 1951), Australian author

References


title: Calopogon pallidus

text:
Calopogon pallidus, the pale grass-pink, is a species of orchid native to the southeastern United States, from Louisiana to Virginia.

References

External links
 Florida Native Orchids, Pale Grass Pink (Calopogon pallidus)
 Go Orchids, North American Orchid Conservation Center, Pale Grass Pink (Calopogon pallidus)
 North Carolina Native Plant Society

pallidus
Endemic orchids of the United States
Flora of the Southern United States
Flora of the Southeastern United States
Plants described in 1788
Taxa named by Alvan Wentworth Chapman


title: Herpyllus

text:
Herpyllus is a genus of ground spiders first described by Nicholas Marcellus Hentz in 1832.

Species
 it contains thirty-three species, including thirteen from North America:
Herpyllus australis (Holmberg, 1881) – Argentina
Herpyllus bensonae Fox, 1938 – Mexico
Herpyllus brachet Platnick & Shadab, 1977 – Mexico
Herpyllus bubulcus Chamberlin, 1922 – USA, Mexico
Herpyllus calcuttaensis Biswas, 1984 – India
Herpyllus coahuilanus Gertsch & Davis, 1940 – Mexico
Herpyllus cockerelli (Banks, 1901) – USA, Mexico
Herpyllus convallis Chamberlin, 1936 – USA, Mexico
Herpyllus coreanus Paik, 1992 – Korea
Herpyllus ecclesiasticus Hentz, 1832 (type) – North America
Herpyllus emertoni Bryant, 1935 – USA
Herpyllus excelsus Fox, 1938 – USA, Mexico
Herpyllus fidelis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898) – Mexico
Herpyllus frio Platnick & Shadab, 1977 – Mexico
Herpyllus gertschi Platnick & Shadab, 1977 – USA, Mexico
Herpyllus giganteus Platnick & Shadab, 1977 – Mexico
Herpyllus goaensis Tikader, 1982 – India
Herpyllus hesperolus Chamberlin, 1928 – North America
Herpyllus iguala Platnick & Shadab, 1977 – Mexico
Herpyllus lativulvus Denis, 1958 – Afghanistan
Herpyllus malkini Platnick & Shadab, 1977 – Mexico
Herpyllus paropanisadensis Denis, 1958 – Afghanistan
Herpyllus perditus (Banks, 1898) – Mexico
Herpyllus perote Platnick & Shadab, 1977 – Mexico
Herpyllus pictus (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899) – Mexico
Herpyllus propinquus (Keyserling, 1887) – North America
Herpyllus proximus Denis, 1958 – Turkmenistan, Afghanistan
Herpyllus regnans Chamberlin, 1936 – USA
Herpyllus reservatus Chamberlin, 1936 – USA, Mexico
Herpyllus scholasticus Chamberlin, 1922 – USA
Herpyllus schwarzi (Banks, 1901) – USA
Herpyllus sherus Platnick & Shadab, 1977 – Mexico
Herpyllus vicinus Denis, 1958 – Afghanistan

See also
Cesonia

References

Araneomorphae genera
Gnaphosidae
Spiders of Asia
Spiders of North America


title: University of Vocational Technology

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The University of Vocational Technology (UoVT) ,  is established by the parliamentary Act No. 31 of 2008, in 2009 and functions under the purview of the Ministry of Higher Education, Technology and Innovation . The general objective of the University of Vocational Technology is to provide progressive upward movement to the students in the Engineering Technology Education and Industrial Training System, based on their aptitudes and abilities, to acquire university education.

The University of Vocational Technology hosts four faculties, fourteenth departments, and teaches about  5000 students in the fields of mechatronics, manufacturing, IT(software), IT(Network), IT(Multimedia & Web), food, film and television production, building services technology, construction technology, industrial management and teaching.

Faculties and institutes
The University of Vocational Technology, currently has four faculties.

Deans of faculties
Deans are the heads of the faculties. They are responsible for the management and the tasks carried out by the faculty. Deans are appointed among the Faculty Board Members for a period of three years.

Faculty of Engineering Technology

Departments of the faculty

 Department of Manufacturing Technology
 Department of Building Services Technology
 Department of Electrical and Electronics Technology
 Department of Construction Technology

Faculty of Industrial Technology

 Department of Agricultural and Food Technology
 Department of Film and Television Production Technology
 Department of Quantity Surveying
 Department of Management Studies
 Department of Tourism Studies

Faculty of Education Technology

Departments of the faculty

 Department of Education and Training
 Department of Language Studies

Faculty of Information and Communication Technology

Departments of the Faculty

 Department of Software Technology
 Department of Network Technology
 Department of Multimedia and Web Technology
 Department of Interdisciplinary Studies

Continuing Education Centre (CEC)
Continuing Education Centre (CEC) and curriculum development units function  under the Staff Development Centre of the University. These units provide extension services to the agencies in the  TVET sector which are delivering training at NVQ Levels 1 to 6, in the areas of human resource development and curriculum development.

Chancellor, Vice Chancellor & Board Members

Chancellor
The chancellor is the head of the university and is responsible for awarding all the academic degrees. Usually the chancellor is a distinguished person in an academic discipline. Otherwise it is a clergy or a distinguished person in the civil society. Appointment is done by the President of Sri Lanka. The position is mainly ceremonial and duties are usually carried out by the vice chancellor. The current chancellor of the university is Emeritus Professor  Harishchandra Abeygunawardena

Vice chancellor
The Vice-Chancellor is the academic principal and administrative officer of the University, responsible for management tasks. This appointment is also done by the President of Sri Lanka. Currently, Senior Prof. Ranjith Premalal de Silva has been serving as the Vice Chancellor from 8 October 2020.

Board Members
There are board members appointed by the government for the university.

Former Vice Chancellors

Kapila Gunasekara
T. A. Piyasiri
G. L. D. Wickramasinghe

Library
The UoVT operates a network of libraries comprising the main library at University premises. The library is open for students from 8.30 am to 4.30 pm on each day including weekends except Full Moon Poya Days and University holidays.

The library is well equipped with a substantial collection of books in a wide variety of subjects and many foreign and local journals and substantial collection of videos, audios, to supplement print material. The library provides internet facilities for study purposes of students.

In-house photocopying facilities are also available at very nominal rates for the convenience of all library users. The library has copies of past examination papers, which are also available on the University website. Students are advised to read the library information sheets available at all libraries for more details on the facilities provided and how to make use of them.

Student organizations
Students at the university run over 10 clubs and organizations. These include cultural and religious groups, academic clubs,
and common-interest organizations. The University Students' Union is considered the highest body which represents all internal students.

These student societies include:

 Environmental Society
 Sports Club
 IT Club
 Art Circle
 Gavel Club
 Electronics Club
 Explorer Club
 Society of Food Science and Technology
 Media Society
 Buddhist Students' Union
 IEEE Student Branch in University of Vocational Technology
 IMechE Chapter in University of Vocational Technology
 IM Club

See also
 TVET in Sri Lanka

References

External links
 Ministry of Higher Education
 Links to the UGC Sri Lanka
 online courses

Universities in Sri Lanka
Vocational education in Sri Lanka
Universities and colleges in Colombo
Statutory boards of Sri Lanka
Information technology institutes
Educational institutions established in 2009
Engineering universities and colleges in Sri Lanka
2009 establishments in Sri Lanka


title: Amax Double Eagle TT

text:
The Amax Double Eagle TT is an Australian autogyro that was designed and produced by Amax Engineering of Donvale, Victoria in the late 1990s. Now out of production, when it was available the aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur construction.

The "TT" designation indicates "Tall Tail". The aircraft has higher landing gear, allowing the engine to be placed on the vertical center of gravity, which eliminates pitch changes with throttle application.

Design and development
The Double Eagle TT was designed to comply with amateur-built aircraft rules. It features a single main rotor, a two-seats-in tandem open cockpit without a windshield, tricycle landing gear with wheel pants and a four-cylinder, liquid-cooled, four-stroke, single-ignition  Subaru EA82 automotive engine in pusher configuration.

The aircraft fuselage is made from welded 4130 steel tubing, with some aluminum parts. Its two-bladed rotor has a diameter of  . The aircraft has a typical empty weight of  and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . With full fuel of  the payload for the pilot, passengers and baggage is .

The standard day, sea level, no wind, take off with a  engine is  and the landing roll is .

The manufacturer estimates the construction time from the supplied kit as 100 hours.

Specifications (Double Eagle TT)

See also
List of rotorcraft

References

Double Eagle TT
1990s Australian sport aircraft
1990s Australian ultralight aircraft
Homebuilt aircraft
Single-engined pusher autogyros


title: McGregor House

text:
McGregor House may refer to the following places:
McGregor House (Tulsa, Oklahoma), listed on the National Register of Historic Places
McGregor House (Aberdeen, South Dakota), listed on the National Register of Historic Places


title: Charles Lockhart (musician)

text:
Charles Lockhart (1745 in London, England – February 9, 1815 in London, England), was an English organist and composer of hymn-tunes, best known for the tunes "Tamworth" (1790) and "Carlisle" (1791).

References

1745 births
1815 deaths
English organists
British male organists
English composers
Musicians from London
English hymnwriters


title: Florin Achim

text:
Florin Vasile Achim (born 16 July 1991) is a Romanian professional football player who plays as a right back for Liga II club Concordia Chiajna.

Career
Achim started playing football in his hometown as a youngster for FC Baia Mare. In 2010 FC Baia Mare has dissolved and he joined the newborn FC Maramureș Baia Mare. During 2012 Achim was loaned to the second team of Astra Giurgiu. He returned to FC Maramureș and played for his team until it was dissolved, in 2013. In June 2013 Achim signed a contract with the first league team Săgeata Năvodari, after being spotted at a trial by their manager, Tibor Selymes. Săgeata Năvodari relegated in 2014 and Achim moved back in Transilvania at Universitatea Cluj.

Career statistics

Club

Honours
FC Maramureș Baia Mare
Liga III : 2010–11

Universitatea Cluj
 Cupa României runner-up: 2014–15

References

External links

1991 births
Living people
Footballers from Baia Mare
Romanian men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Liga I players
Liga II players
Liga III players
FC Astra Giurgiu players
AFC Săgeata Năvodari players
FC Universitatea Cluj players
CS Minaur Baia Mare (football) players
FC Olimpia Satu Mare players
LPS HD Clinceni players
FK Bregalnica Štip players
CS Gaz Metan Mediaș players
CS Concordia Chiajna players
Liga Leumit players
Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. players
Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon F.C. players
FC Steaua București players
Romanian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Israel
Expatriate men's footballers in North Macedonia
Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Israel
Romanian expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia


title: Thomas Hurdis

text:
Thomas Hurdis D.D. (d. 29 March 1784) was a Canon of Windsor from 1766 to 1784

Family
He was the eldest surviving son of Thomas Hurdis (c.1674-1733) Vicar of Ringmer 1727–1733.

Career
He was educated at Merton College, Oxford where he graduated DD.

He was appointed:

Vicar of Seaford 1734 - 1779
Canon of York
Vicar of Amport, Hampshire
Custos of St Mary's Hospital, Chichester
Prebendary of Middleton in Chichester 1755 - 1784
Vicar of Wantage

He was appointed to the fourth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1766 and held this until he died in 1784.

A monument to him was erected in Chichester Cathedral

Notes

1784 deaths
Canons of Windsor
Alumni of Merton College, Oxford
Year of birth missing


title: 2014 Central American Championships in Athletics

text:
The 25th Central American Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Olímpico Palacio de los Deportes UNAH in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, between June 20–22, 2014.

A total of 44 events were contested, 22 by men and 22 by women.  In total, 6 championships records were set.  Guatemala won the overall team trophy.

Medal summary
Complete results were published.

Men

*: No points for team trophy.

Women

*: No points for team trophy.
**: 16-year old Arely Esmeralda Morales from  was 3rd in 55:35.92 competing as guest.

Medal table (unofficial)

Team trophies
Guatemala won the overall team trophy.

Total

Male

Female

Participation
According to an unofficial count, 170 athletes from 7 countries participated.

 (10)
 (32)
 (39)
 (37)
 (24)
 (12)
 Panamá (16)

References

Central American Championships in Athletics
Sports competitions in Tegucigalpa
Central American Championships in Athletics
Central American Championships in Athletics
Central American Championships in Athletics
International athletics competitions hosted by Honduras