title: Progressive conservatism

text:
Progressive conservatism is a political ideology that attempts to combine conservative and progressive policies. While still supportive of capitalist economy, it stresses the importance of government intervention in order to improve human and environmental conditions.

Progressive conservatism first arose in Germany and the United Kingdom in the 1870s and 1880s under Chancellor Otto Von Bismarck and Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli respectively. Disraeli's 'One Nation' Toryism has since become the central progressive conservative tradition in the UK.

In the UK, the Prime Ministers Disraeli, Stanley Baldwin, Neville Chamberlain, Winston Churchill, Harold Macmillan, David Cameron and Theresa May have been described as progressive conservatives. The Catholic Church's Rerum Novarum (1891) advocates a progressive conservative doctrine known as social Catholicism.

In the United States, Theodore Roosevelt has been the principal figure identified with progressive conservatism as a political tradition. Roosevelt stated that he had "always believed that wise progressivism and wise conservatism go hand in hand".  The administration of President William Howard Taft was considered by some to be progressive conservative. Various European leaders such as Angela Merkel have also aligned themselves with progressive conservative politics.

History

Europe

Germany
In Germany, Chancellor Otto von Bismarck enacted various progressive social welfare programs such as domestic health, accident, and old age insurance, out of conservative motivations to distance workers from the socialist movement and as humane ways to assist in maintaining the industrial revolution.

In the early 20th century, politicians of the Free Conservative Party addressed means of attracting the working class away from social democracy and towards radical nationalism such as through promoting "patriotic worker" associations. Free Conservative Party member Adolf Grabowsky advocated imperialism as a national project to unify Germans and break down internal divisions, and declared that the Free Conservative Party "finally wants to organize itself in a decisive progressive-conservative manner, and hopes thereby to call forth the great new conservative movement which should enable the educated strata to drive once again to the right".

In 1918, when the party was dissolved, moderate Free Conservatives joined the German People's Party (DVP), which was itself later dissolved in 1933 following Adolf Hitler's rise to power. After the Second World War, most members of the German People's Party joined the modern Free Democratic Party.

United Kingdom
From the 1860s to the 1970s, progressive conservative politics were popular within the British Conservative Party. Winston Churchill considered himself a progressive conservative, and once said that a "strong Conservative Party with an overwhelming majority and a moderate even progressive leadership...might well be the fulfillment of all that Dizzy [Disraeli] and my father aimed at". Progressive conservatives succeeded in pressing the Conservative Party to maintain similar social policies to that of the Labour Party, particularly the Bow Group that urged the Conservatives to be moderate on social policy and opposed more extreme conservative-minded bodies that disagreed with this moderation. One of the primary British progressive conservative advocates in this time was Rab Butler. Butler was responsible for creating The Industrial Charter (1947) that sought to combine support of free enterprise with Tory interventionism that promised security of employment, promotion of full employment, and improvement of incentives to employees to help them develop skills and talents - allowing them to fulfill their full potential as individuals, and enhanced status for all employees regardless of their occupation. The Industrial Charter was criticized by Conservative leader Winston Churchill though he eventually supported it, and more harshly condemned by more right-leaning Conservatives as being a step towards socialism.

Former British Prime Minister David Cameron was described as a progressive conservative. As British Conservative Party leader in 2009, he launched the Progressive Conservatism Project at the British think tank Demos. In his speech, he outlined his vision of a contemporary progressive conservatism:

North America

Canada
A variety of Canadian conservative governments have been progressive conservative, with Canada's major conservative party being officially named the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1942 to 2003. Canadian Prime Ministers Arthur Meighen, R.B. Bennett, John Diefenbaker, Joe Clark, Brian Mulroney, and Kim Campbell led progressive conservative, 'Red Tory' governments.

The Progressive Conservative Party merged with the Canadian Alliance in 2003 to form the Conservative Party. However, many of Canada's provinces still have 'Progressive Conservative' parties that continued using the Progressive Conservative name after the 2003 merger:

 The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba (in opposition)
 The Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick (in government)
 The Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador (in opposition)
 The Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia (in government)
 The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (in government)
 The Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island (in government)
 The Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan (in extraparliamentary opposition)

United States
In the United States, the Republican Party has historically included progressive conservative factions. At the beginning of the 20th century, progressive conservatives in the GOP included figures such as Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft. As president, Roosevelt formulated the Square Deal, a domestic program which focused on breaking up monopolies, protecting consumers, and conserving the environment. When Taft assumed the presidency in 1909 after Roosevelt stepped down, he pledged to continue Roosevelt's policies, but was soon criticised by Roosevelt and the rest of the Republican Party's progressive wing for reducing tariffs and for the Pinchot-Ballinger affair. Taft was nominated as the Republican Party's presidential nominee at the 1912 Republican National Convention despite hard-fought efforts from Roosevelt to prevent this - this led Roosevelt and other progressives to split from the Republican Party and create the Progressive Party, which entered the 1912 US presidential election with the aim of denying Taft a second term. Both Taft and Roosevelt were defeated by Democratic nominee Woodrow Wilson, and the Progressive Party was dissolved in 1920.

Between the 1930s and 1970s, the Rockefeller Republicans were very influential in the GOP - they held moderate to conservative views on economics, while also holding liberal or progressive positions on social issues. They supported a modest social safety net and were in favour of continuing some of the New Deal programs introduced by Franklin D. Roosevelt. They supported big business but tolerated some economic regulation and were in favour of public-private partnerships. As a faction, the Rockefeller Republicans started going into decline after the nomination of Barry Goldwater for president in 1964, and by the end of the presidency of George H.W. Bush, they had become an endangered minority in the party. However, socially progressive Republicans continue to win local and state elections in the Northeastern United States, and have occasionally been referred to by the media as 'Rockefeller-style' Republicans.

The Democratic Party has also historically included some progressive conservatives, and like their Republican counterparts, they too have become a minority in their party. In the 1930s, Southern Democrats (who made up the majority of the Democratic Party's voter base at the time) supported Franklin D. Roosevelt's economically progressive New Deal programs while remaining socially conservative on topics such as segregation. Many of these Southern Democrats later switched to the Republican Party. Some Conservative Democrats from the South opposed the New Deal and formed the Conservative Coalition, an alliance of the conservative wings of both major parties - this alliance lasted until 1994. The Blue Dog Coalition of the Democratic Party is considered the main successor to the Conservative Coalition. Founded in 1995, the Blue Dog Democrats initially continued promoting the socially conservative policies of its predecessor - today, however, the Blue Dogs promote a mixture of social progressivism and moderate fiscal conservatism, and are generally considered centrist.

See also
 Bright Blue
 Christian democracy
 Conservative liberalism
 Green conservatism
 Compassionate conservatism
 Konrad Adenauer Foundation
 Liberal conservatism
 Neoclassical liberalism
 One-nation conservatism
 Paternalistic conservatism
 Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
 Radical centrism
 Red Tory
 Social market economy
 Tory Reform Group
 Bull Moose Party

References

Progressive conservatism
Progressivism
Conservatism
Christian democracy
Centre-right politics
Right-wing ideologies
Political ideologies


title: Temnopis forticornis

text:
Temnopis forticornis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Tippmann in 1960.

References

Oemini
Beetles described in 1960


title: Temnopis fuscipennis

text:
Temnopis fuscipennis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins in 1978.

References

Oemini
Beetles described in 1978


title: Temnopis jolyi

text:
Temnopis jolyi is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins in 1978.

References

Oemini
Beetles described in 1978


title: Temnopis latifascia

text:
Temnopis latifascia is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins and Monné in 1975.

References

Oemini
Beetles described in 1975


title: Temnopis martinezi

text:
Temnopis martinezi is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins in 1985.

References

Oemini
Beetles described in 1985


title: Temnopis megacephala

text:
Temnopis megacephala is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Ernst Friedrich Germar in 1824.

References

Oemini
Beetles described in 1824


title: Temnopis nigripes

text:
Temnopis nigripes is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1893.

References

Oemini
Beetles described in 1893


title: Temnopis oculata

text:
Temnopis oculata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Zajciw in 1960.

References

Oemini
Beetles described in 1960


title: Temnopis rubricollis

text:
Temnopis rubricollis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins, Galileo and de-Oliveira in 2009.

References

Oemini
Beetles described in 2009


title: Cabo Touriñán

text:
Cabo Touriñán is a small peninsula that is the most westerly point of Peninsular Spain. It is located in the municipality of Muxía, which is itself located within the province of A Coruña and the autonomous community of Galicia.  The Cape, along with the rest of Muxía, is best known as a destination for pilgrims who extend the Camino de Santiago by walking to the Atlantic coast after reaching the holy city of Santiago de Compostela.

Description
The cape is a small peninsula that juts about 1 km into the sea, the narrowest section being an isthmus 150 metres wide between the coasts of Balal and Cuño. Its maximum altitude is 93 metres above sea level. The rock is made of is granite, the erosion of which has caused the formation of deposits of pebbles, known as coídos, and stony bars, which formed an islet such as the so-called A Ínsua on the west side of the cape. The western point of the cape, Os Buxeirados, has a series of rocks that go into the sea around 300 to 400 m, known as A Laxe de Buxeirados or Bajos de Buxeirados. The rocks have proved dangerous for navigation, causing some serious shipwrecks.

Its rugged landscape causes the cape to have vegetation to be basically just thorny reed or gorse like Ulex eruopaeus. In the north of the cape, there is a lighthouse and complementary buildings that were established 15 December 1898.

Name
The name comes from the nearby parish of Touriñán, in which the cape is located, and that must go back to the Latin name, which is supposed to be "Taurinius" or "Taurinianus" through the genitive "Tauriniani".

Gallery

See also
Cape Finisterre
Extreme points of Spain
Touriñán Lighthouse

References

Tourinan
Geography of the Province of A Coruña
Extreme points of Spain


title: Dicentrus bidentatus

text:
Dicentrus bidentatus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Champlain and Knull in 1926.

References

Cerambycinae
Beetles described in 1926


title: 2015 IIHF World U18 Championships

text:
The 2015 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 17th IIHF World U18 Championship, and was hosted by Zug and Lucerne, Switzerland. The tournament began on 16 April 2015, with the gold medal game played on 26 April 2015.

Top Division

Officials
The IIHF selected 12 referees and 10 linesmen to work the 2015 IIHF U18 World Championship.
They were the following:

Referees
  Jimmy Bergamelli
  Andreas Harnebring
  Brett Iverson
  Andreas Koch
  Petri Lindqvist
  Robert Mullner
  Yuri Oskirko
  Vladimír Pešina
  Christopher Pitoscia
  Marian Rohatsch
  Ladislav Smetana
  Per Gustav Solem

Linesmen
  Markku Buese
  Franco Espinoza
  Jiří Gebauer
  Martin Korba
  Ludvig Lundgren
  Brian Oliver
  Alexander Otmakhov
  Nicolas Piche
  Hannu Sormunen
  Michael Tscherrig

Preliminary round

Group A

All times are local. (Central European Summer Time – UTC+02:00)

Group B

All times are local. (Central European Summer Time – UTC+02:00)

Relegation round
The last-placed teams played a best-of-three series.

 Germany is relegated to next year's Division I A; the third game was not played because the result of the relegation series had been decided.

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Scoring leaders
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource: IIHF.com

Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.
TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF.com

Tournament awards

Most Valuable Player
 Forward:  Auston Matthews

All-star team
 Goaltender:  Veini Vehviläinen
 Defencemen:  Vili Saarijärvi,  Jonas Siegenthaler
 Forwards:  Patrik Laine,  Denis Malgin,  Auston Matthews

IIHF best player awards
 Goaltender:  Ilya Samsonov
 Defenceman:  Vili Saarijärvi
 Forward:  Auston Matthews
References: ,

Final standings

Division I

Division I A
The Division I A tournament was played in Debrecen, Hungary, from 12 to 18 April 2015.

Division I B
The Division I B tournament was played in Maribor, Slovenia, from 12 to 18 April 2015.

Division II

Division II A
The Division II A tournament was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 22 to 28 March 2015.

Division II B
The Division II B tournament was played in Novi Sad, Serbia, from 16 to 22 March 2015.

Division III

Division III A
The Division III A tournament was played in Taipei City, Taiwan, from 22 to 28 March 2015.

Division III B
The Division III B tournament was played in Auckland, New Zealand, from 17 to 19 March 2015.

References

External links
 2015 U18 World Championship official website

IIHF World U18 Championships
IIHF World U18 Championships
World
Zug
Sport in Lucerne
International ice hockey competitions hosted by Switzerland
April 2015 sports events in Europe


title: Dicentrus bluthneri

text:
Dicentrus bluthneri is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by John Lawrence LeConte in 1880.

References

Cerambycinae
Beetles described in 1880
Taxa named by John Lawrence LeConte


title: Opsimus

text:
Opsimus is a genus of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, it contains a single species Opsimus quadrilineatus. It was described by Mannerheim in 1843.

References

Cerambycinae
Beetles described in 1843


Apostolic Church Fullness of God's Throne (In Portuguese: Igreja Apostólica Plenitude do Trono de Deus or IAPTD) is a Neo-charismatic denomination founded in Brazil in 2006, by Agenor Duque and Ingrid Duque.

History
Agenor Duque, former Minister of the World Church of the Power of God, (Igreja Mundial do Poder de Deus) has God-given a call for a new church. And followed his dream by following this vision he told his wife about what God had shown, believing in life called the bridegroom and his call to Ingrid Bishop dropped his personal dreams and projects, to live next to one of the bridegroom God's direction for their lives and their ministry, and thus founded the Apostolic Church Fullness of God's Throne on 7 September 2006.

Media
The church rents programming on radio and television.

Radio
Acquired much of the programming of radio FM Musical, during the morning.

Television
Rented a few hours on television channels Mix TV, and on Saturdays on Channel Rede TV!.

Congress Revival Fire
Congress Revival Fire for Brazil is an event organized by IAPTD, led by the apostle Agenor Duque and bishop Ingrid Duque. In the 5th edition in 2013 occurred on days 9, 12 and 13 January, and with the participation of the Israeli pastor and evangelist Benny Hinn and pastors Marco Feliciano, Abilio Santana and Yossef Akiva, and the singers: Thalles Roberto, David Quinlan, Cassiane, David Passamani, among others. Currently in 6th edition held between 1 and March 5, 2014, and was attended by various groups and singers of gospel music, and ministers of the word of God.

References

External links
 Official website

Protestantism in Brazil
Protestant denominations
Pentecostal denominations in South America
Pentecostal churches in Brazil


title: Amanece en la ruta

text:
"Amanece en la ruta" ("Sunrise on the route") is a song from the group of Argentine rock and new wave Suéter. It is the second song that is part of their second studio album Lluvia de gallinas; released in 1984 by 20th Century Records.

Interpretation of the lyrics
The lyrics of the song tell a fictional story about seeing death in a car accident and being told in first person. The text itself is a fallacy; because its author explained that the text is fictional, although he dedicated it to a cousin, who died in a traffic accident.  Thus, the text is written from the place of the victim and the feelings they may have felt to experience death.

It has become a classic of Argentine rock and was ranked #95 of the top 100 songs of Argentine rock.

It has also been performed by artists as diverse as Fabiana Cantilo, Hilda Lizarazu, and Olivia Viggiano, among others.

References

1984 singles
Songs about death
1984 songs


title: Oxycoleus bicolor

text:
Oxycoleus bicolor is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Melzer in 1934.

References

Cerambycinae
Beetles described in 1934


title: Oxycoleus brasiliensis

text:
Oxycoleus brasiliensis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Tippmann in 1953.

References

Cerambycinae
Beetles described in 1953


title: George W. D'Artois

text:
George Wendell D'Artois, Sr. (December 25, 1925 – June 11, 1977) was an American law enforcement officer and politician in Shreveport, Louisiana, who served as the city's Public Safety Commissioner from 1962 to 1976. D'Artois was investigated more than once for misuse of city funds, and was arrested for his alleged involvement in the 1976 shooting death of Jim Leslie, a Shreveport advertising executive who had managed D'Artois' 1974 re-election campaign. He was released for lack of evidence. A trial on charges of theft of city funds and intimidation of witnesses was postponed several times because of D'Artois's poor health. Arrested again in April 1977 for Leslie's murder, D'Artois died the following month during heart surgery and never went to trial. Histories published in the decades since D'Artois' death state that he was involved with organized crime and had contracted for the murders of both Leslie and Leslie's killer to prevent their testimony before a grand jury.

Background
George W. D'Artois was one of two sons of William Francis D'Artois, Sr. and the former Mary Holmes. He graduated from C. E. Byrd High School. D'Artois married the former Billie Claire Best, with whom he had a son, George, Jr., and two daughters, Mary Cecile and Elaine Claire.

During World War II, D'Artois served for three years in the United States Marine Corps in the Pacific Theater of Operations, with action beginning in November 1943 in the Battle of Bougainville. He attained the rank of sergeant. After the war, D'Artois studied Business Administration at Centenary College in Shreveport and Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.

During D'Artois's tenure as Public Safety Commissioner, Shreveport had a commission form of government. Commissioners were elected at-large and exercised both legislative and executive duties, both on the city council and as a department head. There were relatively few commissioner seats on the council. This kept power in the hands of those who could gain a majority of voters. African-Americans were still mostly disenfranchised and were not yet being elected to local office. The Civil Rights Movement soon raised legal challenges to city commission governments, charging that they prevented minorities from being able to elect candidates of their choice.

Political career
In 1952, D'Artois became a deputy for the Caddo Parish Sheriff's Department under J. Howell Flournoy. He joined the Democratic Party, which still dominated politics in Louisiana during the decades when most African-Americans were disenfranchised under the state's 1898 constitution. The party, being controlled by white conservative Southern Democrats, had raised barriers to voter registration, as did the common Jim Crow discriminatory practices in most jurisdictions.

After nine years as deputy sheriff, D'Artois resigned to run in 1962 for Public Safety Commissioner in Shreveport, a post that was sometimes seen as a step toward higher office: Governor Jimmie Davis had served in that position in Shreveport from 1938 to 1942.

Racial matters
In September 1963, as racial tensions were peaking in Shreveport, D'Artois was accused of using intimidation to suppress civil rights activities by African-Americans which were aiming to end racial segregation in the city. D'Artois had denied a permit to a group wanting to march a short distance to the Little Union Baptist Church, where a memorial service was to be held honoring four black girls who had been killed that month in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama. D'Artois ordered his riot squad against what observers said was a peaceful demonstration, and personally rode on horseback into the church sanctuary, interrupting the service and violating sacred space. He then dragged away the pastor, Reverend Harry Blake, and beat him severely. Blake was hospitalized for several weeks.

As D'Artois continued to seek office in a changing political climate, when African-Americans could vote freely, he maintained his popularity with whites and cultivated it with blacks. In state elections held on February 6, 1968, Republican State Representative Taylor W. O'Hearn of Shreveport was seeking a second term. Many more African-Americans were voting since passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and they widely supported Democratic candidates. O'Hearn notified D'Artois and Caddo Parish Sheriff James M. Goslin that election laws had been violated at three predominately African-American voting precincts in Shreveport.

Investigations of D'Artois
D'Artois's administration was repeatedly investigated on allegations of mismanagement and corruption. These allegations were covered by journalist Bill Keith of The Shreveport Times, who was later elected as a Louisiana State Senator.

Reelection campaigns
In the 1970 election, D'Artois received 59.8 percent of the vote in a contest with the Republican nominee William Kimball, who carried the Southern Hills section of south Shreveport. This was a lower percentage than in previous elections. Concerned about growing Republican strength in the state, D'Artois hired James S. "Jim" Leslie (1937–1976), a former Shreveport Times journalist who had become an advertising executive, to manage communications for his campaign for a fourth term as Public Safety Commissioner in 1974.  After D'Artois won, he gave Leslie a check for his services that was drawn on city funds. Leslie returned the check and asked that it be reissued on D'Artois's campaign account. According to Leslie, D'Artois gave him another check from city funds. Leslie did not cash either of them. The Times later identified what totaled as a $30,00O felony theft of city funds, allegedly by D'Artois. One of newspaper's lines of investigation led to Leslie, who told its reporter about the two uncancelled city checks from D'Artois.

On July 9, 1976, Leslie was in Baton Rouge; he had spearheaded an ad campaign in support of passage of a right-to-work bill, which was strongly opposed by labor unions. After its narrow passage that night in the Louisiana State Senate, he had celebrated with supporters and colleagues. The victory has often been attributed to the lobbying from the newly organized Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, founded by Edward J. Steimel. Afterward Leslie returned to his hotel, the Prince Murat Inn, before returning home to Shreveport the next day. Leslie parked in one of the few available spaces, near the edge of the parking lot. He was shot and killed instantly by shotgun pellets by an unknown assailant from behind a fence at the edge of the lot. Because of the lack of evidence at the scene, Baton Rouge police described the homicide as a "professional hit."

Rusty Griffith, who had ties to D'Artois, was suspected of being the hired gunman Leslie's murder. It was thought that Leslie was being kept from testifying before a Caddo Parish grand jury about information about D'Artois's administration learned while working on his campaign, or for the alleged attempt to pay him for campaign expense from city funds. Not long after Leslie's death, Griffith was shot and killed in Concordia Parish. D'Artois was soon charged for his alleged involvement in Leslie's slaying on an arrest warrant by East Baton Rouge Parish, signed by 19th Judicial District Judge Douglas Gonzales. He was released for lack of evidence but was forced to resign from office.

Judge John F. Fant, son of the late Mayor Clyde Fant of Shreveport, ordered D'Artois to appear in court on October 13, 1976, to face charges on the $300,000 theft of city funds and the intimidation of witnesses before the grand jury. D'Artois's attorney informed the judge that the former commissioner was too ill to appear.

Prosecution
D'Artois was arrested again in the Leslie murder case on April 19, 1977, on a warrant signed by Judge Gonzales. He barricaded himself from police in the attic of his house, and insisted that he would never agree to go to the Caddo Parish jail. At the time, D'Artois demanded the use of a typewriter and wrote a statement, which was held by police. D'Artois died on June 11, 1977, before any trial, during heart surgery in San Antonio, Texas. His death meant that the charges against him were never tried or resolved.

In 1976 and 1977, D'Artois's attorney had gotten his trial postponed several times. But in April 1977, Judge William J. Fleniken of the Louisiana 1st Judicial District Court ruled that D'Artois had to stand trial for the felony theft of $300,000 in municipal funds, which had been recorded as paid to police informers. D'Artois's attorney again questioned how his client could be tried, because of his health. Judge Fleniken said prosecutors had to provide doctors and medical equipment at the courthouse during the trial. D'Artois's attorney appealed and the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled that judges had to consider the defendant's overall health in deciding whether a person is too ill for trial.

After D'Artois' death, Elliott Stonecipher, a Shreveport consultant and political analyst described him as "the most powerful ever public official [in Shreveport] ... who dragged the citizenry through the deep ditch of a corruption scandal which forever stained our city." On July 3, 1977, Dr. William E. Hull, the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Shreveport from 1975 to 1987, delivered the sermon "Shreveport at the Crossroads", a condemnation of the scandal engulfing D'Artois. Hull discussed the long-range prospects for the recovery of quality of life in the city.

Stonecipher said that friends told him later that there was "a remarkable silence in the huge sanctuary as the sermon was preached."

A special election was held on October 2, 1977, to choose a successor public service commissioner for the year remaining in D'Artois's term.

D'Artois was interred at Forest Park Cemetery East in Shreveport. Jim Leslie had been interred there the year before.

Aftermath
Council members are elected from single-member districts, enabling broader representation of residents on the council and the expression of minority viewpoints.

Representation in other media
Bill Keith, a former journalist and state senator, published The Commissioner: A True Story of Deceit, Dishonor, and Death (2009).
Jere Joiner, a former Shreveport police officer, published Badge of Dishonor (2013), exploring D'Artois's administration and issues of racism, corruption, and alleged murders of Leslie and Griffiths.
Beyond Galilee: Shreveport and the Struggle for Civil Rights (2012) is a documentary film written by John Kent and T. D. Antoine (as Ted Dewayne), and directed by DeWayne. It covers D'Artois's early resistance to civil rights activists, including his attack of Rev. Harry Blake.

References

1925 births
1977 deaths
American deputy sheriffs
Louisiana city council members
Louisiana Democrats
Politicians from Shreveport, Louisiana
United States Marine Corps non-commissioned officers
United States Marine Corps personnel of World War II
C. E. Byrd High School alumni
Centenary College of Louisiana alumni
Louisiana State University alumni
Baptists from Louisiana
20th-century American politicians
20th-century Baptists


title: Oxycoleus carinatipennis

text:
Oxycoleus carinatipennis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Zajciw in 1964.

References

Cerambycinae
Beetles described in 1964


title: Oxycoleus clavipes

text:
Oxycoleus clavipes is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Lacordaire in 1869.

References

Cerambycinae
Beetles described in 1869


title: Oxycoleus culicinus

text:
Oxycoleus culicinus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Bates in 1870.

References

Cerambycinae
Beetles described in 1870


title: Oxycoleus cyaneus

text:
Oxycoleus cyaneus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins and Galileo in 2005.

References

Cerambycinae
Beetles described in 2005


title: Oxycoleus flavipes

text:
Oxycoleus flavipes is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins and Galileo in 2006.

References

Cerambycinae
Beetles described in 2006


title: Ananda Weerakoon

text:
Don Ananda Weerakoon (Sinhala:ආනන්ද වීරකෝන්)  was one of the early Sri Lankan film actors in the 1950s.

Life and career

Early life

Ananda was born as only son in a family of five children to parents Don William Weerakoon and Amarawathi Kalansuriya. He was educated at Nalanda College Colombo and was also a Bachelor of Arts degree holder. Since school days he had been keenly interested in history and arts. He first participated in a dance to welcome the Queen Elizabeth II's visit to Ceylon together with Shesha Palihakkara and Titus Thotawatte at the Colombo Regal Hall.

Film acting

He first started acting in a film as a young boy called "Harry" in one of the films directed by Sirisena Wimalaweera. Later on Ananda had been acting in many films directed by Sirisena Wimalaweera such as Asoka (1955 film) and Lester James Peries's Rekava film. In 2021, he was honored with lifetime achievement award during the ceremony held for 21 artists who made an invaluable contribution to Sinhala cinema in the early decades of Sinhala Cinema.

Stay in England

In 1960, Ananda moved to the United Kingdom and since then he worked as an insurance agent in London for 29 years.

Filmography

References

External links

Sri Lankan male film actors
Sri Lankan Buddhists
Alumni of Nalanda College, Colombo
1934 births
Living people


title: Oxycoleus gahani

text:
Oxycoleus gahani is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Gounelle in 1911.

References

Cerambycinae
Beetles described in 1911


title: Oxycoleus gratiosus

text:
Oxycoleus gratiosus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Bates in 1885.

References

Cerambycinae
Beetles described in 1885


title: Oxycoleus laetus

text:
Oxycoleus laetus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Julio in 1997.

References

Cerambycinae
Beetles described in 1997


title: Oxycoleus obscurus

text:
Oxycoleus obscurus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Julio in 1997.

References

Cerambycinae
Beetles described in 1997


title: It's Geek 2 Me

text:
It's Geek 2 Me is a tech cartoon about people and their off-center relationships with technology created by Pittsburgh-based cartoonist, Francis Cleetus. He was inspired to draw the very first cartoon by a frantic intern who rushed into his office and asked where the any key was on a computer keyboard. The cartoon evolved into a series when Cleetus worked as a creative director at J. Walter Thompson, Hong Kong on the Hewlett Packard brand.

Cleetus chose Pittsburgh  as the location for the cartoon's imaginary setting 'Paradox Software Corporation' because it has a large tech community, over 1,600 tech-based companies and the Carnegie Institute of Technology, which is ranked among the top five engineering colleges in the country by the U.S. News & World Report.

The first compilation of It's Geek 2 Me cartoons was self-published by the author in 2012 as a paperback titled Wish Your Mouth Had A Backspace Key in the United States via Amazon.com. In 2013, a second compilation titled Total Timepass Tech Toons was published by Hachette India for the Indian subcontinent.

Characters

The diverse and colorful characters who star in the cartoon were inspired by real people that Cleetus worked with during his professional stints in India, Hong Kong and the US.

Loginder Singh:
Lanky Sikh from Vancouver, Canada, currently lives in a badly-lit cubicle at work. Talented Systems Analyst who's occasionally fixated with complexity. Enjoys flaunting his collection of designer turbans and matching sweatshirts. Eligible bachelor who’s fond of exotic wines and nightly hacking binges. He’s been in an on-and-off relationship with his coworker Emily for three years.

Emily Facebrook:
Charming Office Manager who was the captain of the cheerleading team at her high school in Nashville, TN. She speaks with a soft Southern drawl that is almost as drawn out as her daily to-do list. Never forgets to send herself a stuffed animal on Administrative Professionals' Day. Her love life is a roller coaster where the brakes wore out years ago. She just loves Loginder’s Indo-Canadian accent.

Bill Googli:
Flamboyant Marketing Director of Paradox Software, known for his chic business wardrobe. Born and raised in New Orleans, LA, by mixed parents (African-American and French), Bill grew up around a family bar and restaurant. He has been popular with the ladies since he was featured on Food network for his Creole Margaritas. Designs and builds robotic reptiles to impress coworker Mona.

Spam Murphy:
Cheap Executive Officer as well as Chairman of Paradox Software. He fondly refers to his staff as 'humanware' and treats them like secondhand hardware. He's a seasoned Los Angeles born venture capitalist whose capital flow dried up along with his libido. He’s also a founding board member of the dubious São Paulo based wildlife charity, the James E. Williamson Iguana Fund.

Linux Cooper:
The company's Top Bean Counter or CFO who's dedicated to reducing payroll while increasing his annual bonus. Joined the company as an independent financial analyst and gnawed his way in. A CPA (Compulsive Puzzle Addict), he holds a master's degree in the history of tavern puzzles. The Securities and Exchange Commission has investigated him since he owned a pawnshop as a teen in Phoenix, Arizona.

Mona Dos:
Quality Assurance Director and unofficial water-cooler gossip chief at Paradox Software. She’s a divorced single mother of a 10-year-old named Rio who likes to hang around her office on weekends. Is passionate about her son and the blood-red tulips in her backyard. She moved to Dallas, TX, from Kolkata, India, after a grand but ill-fated marriage to her school sweetheart, a narcissistic urologist.

Icon Murphy:
Spam Murphy's son, New Business Director and heir apparent to the throne at Paradox Software. Holds a PhD on the hazards of texting with ancient Greek symbols while driving, from the University of Cyprus. He’s fluent in six languages including Mandarin, Tagalog and Prolog. Likes to spend weekends taking his single-engine Cessna for a spin. Hopes to turn Paradox into a Fortune 500 company.

Ram Patel:
Father figure to all IT professionals of foreign origin at Paradox Software. Sports a bristly white beard to compensate for the lack of hair on top. Mastered technology when a personal computer filled an entire room. He heads the Maintenance Division at the company and the ‘Courtesy Flush’ poker team in the suburb where he lives with his art museum curator wife and Dalmatian Coco.

Irfan Linkudin:
Vice President - Tech Support at Paradox Software and technically head of the division. Technically, because nobody reports to him. He grew up in Istanbul, Turkey, and moved to Buffalo, New York in the 1960s. His wife of 16 years left him after the dotcom company he founded went bust in 2002. He can single-handedly reassemble the V-turn engine of his Harley-Davidson bike from scratch in under 30 minutes.

Cad Myers:
Corporate Security Director in charge of real and virtual security at Paradox Software. A former Major of the US Army's Field Intelligence Unit, he’s experienced in Hacker Interception and Electrocution. Lost his left pinky on active duty as an intelligence officer during Operation Desert Com in 2001. He oversaw the implementation and management of all the security at the gold mines on Mindanao Island in the Philippines.

Benny Lan:
Sr. Programmer who picked up his cackle, chopsticks and COBOL at a tender age in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. Has a wry sense of humor that's reflected in the random bug he leaves behind in software. He can survive for months on a staple diet of Chinese takeout, Japanese toys and American music. Received a complimentary life membership from Workaholics Anonymous.

Robert Cobolobo:
Human Resources Director, stationery watchdog, and annual holiday program organizer, all rolled into a small South American frame. Found himself in the US after a nubile Texan student succumbed to his charms in Cancun, Mexico. He worked as a Floor-hand in an oil field until he got his MBA in HR Management and worked his way into the lofty corridors of corporate power at Paradox.

Tweetsie Williams:
Management Trainee who thrives on gadgets and technology. She likes to flaunt her master's degree from Virginia Tech and her tough upbringing in Brooklyn, NY. Is the only daughter of a Vietnam veteran who was awarded a Medal of Honor. Her paycheck’s disproportionate to her experience and is solely based on her future potential. She'd give anything, including her blinged out laptop, for a date with Icon.

Rio Dos:
Mona’s 10-year-old son and unpaid tech support guy to all new hires at Paradox Software. He currently holds 14 world records for Desert Commander and is two grades ahead of his classmates in every subject except civics. In addition to English, Spanish and Bengali, he’s also fluent in colloquial Hindi, thanks to the bi-weekly dose of Bollywood films his mom rents from the local Indian grocery store.

Compilations
 Total Timepass Tech Toons (August 2013, Hachette India, )
 Wish Your Mouth Had a Backspace Key (October 2012, Amazon.com, )

References

External links
It’s Geek 2 Me homepage
It’s Geek 2 Me on Facebook facebook.com
It’s Geek 2 Me on Twitter twitter.com
It’s Geek 2 Me on Pinterest pinterest.com
It's Geek 2 Me video channel youtube.com

2013 in comics
Comics anthologies
Computer humor
Indian American
Comic strips set in the United States
American comics


title: Oxycoleus piceus

text:
Oxycoleus piceus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Giesbert in 1993.

References

Cerambycinae
Beetles described in 1993


title: Oxycoleus ruficollis

text:
Oxycoleus ruficollis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Dmytro Zajciw in 1964.

References

Cerambycinae
Beetles described in 1964


title: Oxycoleus tristis

text:
Oxycoleus tristis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Melzer in 1933.

References

Cerambycinae
Beetles described in 1933


title: Oxylopsebus

text:
Oxylopsebus is a genus of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, it contains a single species Oxylopsebus brachypterus. It was described by Clarke in 2008.

References

Cerambycinae
Beetles described in 2008


title: Ian Duncan (actor)

text:
Ian Duncan is a South African actor. He is best known for playing the role of Todd Todmore on Broken News.

Filmography

Films

Television

Video games

References

External links

Living people
South African male film actors
South African male television actors
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)


title: Ancylodonta glabripennis

text:
Ancylodonta glabripennis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae.

References

Phlyctaenodini


title: Ancylodonta nitidipennis

text:
Ancylodonta nitidipennis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae.

References

Phlyctaenodini


title: Ancylodonta phlyctaenioides

text:
Ancylodonta phlyctaenioides is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae.

References

Phlyctaenodini


title: Ancylodonta tristis

text:
Ancylodonta tristis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae.

References

Phlyctaenodini


title: Ommidion mirim

text:
Ommidion mirim is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was first described by Martins in 1998.

References

Phlyctaenodini


title: Ommidion modestum

text:
Ommidion modestum is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae.

References

Phlyctaenodini


title: Parasemnus

text:
Parasemnus is a genus of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, and contains the single species Parasemnus regalis. It is endemic to the central regions of Chile, and was first described in 1894 by Philbert Germain.

References

Phlyctaenodini
Beetles described in 1894
Endemic fauna of Chile


title: Phoracantha recurva

text:
Phoracantha recurva, the lesser Eucalyptus longhorn, is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It is widespread in many countries and in the early 2000s it was also observed in Sardinia, perhaps brought by a ship.

Description
This medium-sized beetle features a complex pattern of cream and brown markings.

It is similar to the related P. semipunctata, but differs in the smaller size and more limited dark markings. Unlike that species the basal portion of the elytra appears dominantly pale, with only a few separated dark spots instead of a series of closer markings.

References

Phoracanthini
Beetles described in 1840


title: Phoracantha semipunctata

text:
Phoracantha semipunctata, the Australian Eucalyptus longhorn, is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. Native to Australia, it has now spread to many parts of the world, including practically all countries where tree species of Eucalyptus have been introduced. It has been classified as an invasive pest species of Eucalyptus outside Australia.

Within Australia, Phoracantha semipunctata primarily seeks for decaying trees and branches which have been critically impaired due to natural disasters. In other regions of the world, it inflicts critical damage upon introduced Eucalyptus trees. However, the damage inflicted by Phoracantha semipunctata may be seen as a positive factor in some regions, as Eucalyptus trees that are introduced are seen as invasive plant species imposing harm on the natural environment.

Phoracantha semipunctata are typically dark brown & beige in colour and are approximately similar in size measuring at around 2.3cm long. They are primarily active during the more temperate initial dusk hours, and are found in populations within host trees, which are predominantly male-oriented. These host trees are determined according to the suitability of adult mating and oviposition, and the viability of larvae development.

Taxonomy
Phoracantha semipunctata was initially observed in the late 1980s in Setubal Portugal. The beetle is classified as a species within the Phoracantha genus, situated within the Phoracanthini tribe of beetles under the Cerambycinae subfamily, which it shares with 11 other genera including  Coptocercus, Allotisis, Thoris, Epithora, Skeletodes, Atesta, Paratesta, Steata, Coleocoptus, Phytrocaria, and Semiphoracantha. Adult beetles within the Cerambycidae family are generally recognised as "longicorn" or "longhorned" beetles, due to their especially long antennae.

Description

Phoracantha semipunctata ranges from 15-23mm in length; however, females are recorded to be slightly larger than their male counterparts. Their bodies are of a darker reddish colour, and typically consists of a protruding spine at the end. Adults are primarily found during the spring and summer seasons, coming out during the evening hours, commonly feeding on pollen & nectar within host trees.

It is similar to the related P. recurva, but differs in the larger size and more extensive dark markings.

Elytra
The wings of Phoracantha semipunctata are predominantly dark brown and cream in colour, with a zigzag line dividing the cream coloured area of the elytra. Being crepuscular insects, adult flight activity is restricted to the warmer evening hours, when temperatures are above 15 degrees celsius. Adults fly, seeking mates and females scout for any potential areas in which they can oviposit. Flight activity is determined by host tree odours. This influences adults to fly in a more upwind motion and land on specific areas of the tree, and also acts as a factor upon when they fly-off. When adults acquire a distinct sense for the odour, they fly in a manner where they move in a compressed non-linear motion. When searching for a host tree, adults utilise a specific flight mechanic that consists of an odour oriented optomotor and autonomous contrary zig-zag movements.

Antennae
The antennae of Phoracantha semipunctata adults serve as peripheral sensory tools, which help identify key environmental factors, including host tree determination. These antennas exhibit a broad category of sensilla, including olfaction, gustation, mechanoreception and thermo and hygroreception. The length of male and female antennas are distinct to each other, where male antennae — 29-33mm — are longer than female antennas — 19-26mm. Antennae are typically equivalent in length, in comparison to its body; however, may measure out to be slightly longer. The structural foundation of its antenna is composed of 11 distinct components — scape, pedicel and nine flagellomeres consisting in the flagellum. There are two types of sensilla basiconica that can be found on the flagellomeres of the flagellum. This includes sensilla basiconica I and sensilla basiconica II. Sensilla basiconica 1 is distributed all across the flagellomeres of the flagellum, where they are shaped as dull pointed tips, typically bent closer to the base. These sensilla protrude from a detached surface and are approximately 20-26 μm long and 2.5-3.0 μm wide at its base, and gradually decreases to 0.9-1.2 μm as it thins out towards the top. The epidermal layer typically spans from 0.25-0.35 μm in width, on its base. Sensilla basiconica II are also found on its antenna’s flagellomeres. This form of sensilla are purely linear, dull pointed protruding tips that arise from a levitated surface, and are approximately 10-20 μm long and 2.5-4 μm wide, gradually narrowing out to 1.5 - 2 μm towards the top.

Distribution & habitat

Phoracantha semipunctata was first deemed as an insect pest problem in 1906 in South Africa. They have now spread across all regions around the world, and typically affect areas characterised by arid heat and areas with an abundance of Eucalyptus plants. The main cause of invasion is not completely known; however, the process of dunnage may be one of the key factors responsible for the degree of invasiveness of the species. The transportation of beetle populated firewood, is also another rationale which may explain its invasiveness. P. semipunctata is not considered as a major pest and a factor of much economic importance in its native country of Australia. Significant damage imposed by this eucalyptus borer is not common in Australia, as the majority of attacks are limited to trees subject to droughts. However, these insects have been found to impose damage amongst juvenile Jarrah trees within the Southwestern region of Australia, primarily in bauxite mines which have been recently replanted. In their non-native ecosystems, they are considered as a major pest problem imposing a great amount of damage upon natural biodiversity, typically on trees that are placed under stress. This is primarily due to their inability to sufficiently accommodate to the new environmental conditions. Regions within the Northern hemisphere including Palestine, the United States, and Morocco are examples in which these beetles have been proven to be a major pest problem.  Within the Southern hemisphere, they may also pose as a pest problem; however, in these regions, they are not regarded as a pest that is always causing critical damage upon flora. A greater abundance of P. semipunctata appear in non-native ecosystems, when populating host trees with a large diameter.

Lifecycle
There are 4 key processes that occur within its lifecycle — Egg, larval, pupation and adult.

Egg
Female Phoracantha semipunctata lay approximately a batch of 40 eggs, where eggs are laid below detached bark, present within stressed host trees, during oviposition. During the process, the ovipositor of females can stretch up to 2cm. Eggs measure at around 2.5mm to 3mm and are of a yellow colour, shaped in an elongated oval, and may require 1 to 2 weeks to hatch, based on the weather conditions.

Larvae

After the eggs hatch, larvae emerge and begin acquiring nutrients from the cambium and phloem segments, excavating through the external layer of bark to consume in the inner bark and exterior xylem tissues. This is done up to the point they turn into mature larvae, as these tree tissues have the most nutrient content to facilitate the larvae’s development. The degree of density of bark is a component, which has an influence upon the trajectory of larvae development as these areas serve as regions providing adequate sapwood for larvae consumption. This contributes to lower larvae mortality rates and also a greater possibility of more emergence of adult Phoracantha semipunctata. The degree of oviposition also has an effect on the survivorship of larvae. With a greater rate of oviposition occurring, there will be a higher rate of competition between larvae and a lower rate of survival for larvae.

Larvae which complete sufficient development before winter are likely to develop into larger sized adults, as nutritional resources are of higher quality before the season. The nutritional resources, which the host provides is also a factor which influences the degree of sizeable growth and fitness of larvae throughout its development. During the process of larval development, feeding can be undertaken to such an extent where it may impose critical damage upon the host, potentially diminishing the whole cambium zone of the tree, and killing the whole tree in general.  Critical tree damage typically occurs during this larvae feeding period. Larvae nearing their development will over time begin to diverge away from the initial oviposition site, in order to feed on the phloem and external layers of sapwood, as food sources situated closer to the oviposition site are not as beneficial and nutritious for them. Larvae generally require up to 2.5 months to sufficiently develop into mature larvae, where they typically measure out at around 30-40mm in length, and are of a cream shade, exhibiting no legs. Individual larvae can sustain themselves within branches of just 5cm in diameter. The amount of time it takes larvae to fully develop; however, may vary according to host conditions. When host logs; trees are fresher larvae will take up to 70 days to complete development. If host logs; trees are more arid, this will prolong larvae development, where it may require up to 180 days to complete.

Pupation
Pupation will occur after larvae development. Larvae Phoracantha semipunctata, will establish pupal chambers, within the sapwood or in some cases the heartwood, where they will develop into adult beetles. Pupation may take up to 10 days. During this process, intraspecific competition is present, as the development of other larvae may be constricted, due to the formation of the pupal chamber resulting in the depletion of nutritional food source, available to other larvae, primarily in the form of sapwood. The time which larvae take to pupate will vary according to climate. During warmer climates, larvae will undergo pupation at a faster rate, in comparison to development occurring within colder climates.  In colder climates, larvae will typically go through an inactive period pre-pupation stage, where they resume development during the spring season.

Adult
After pupation, adult Phoracantha semipunctata will then begin digging themselves out the pupal chamber in which they will then create a 8-10mm opening in the external bark layer. The total life cycle of P. semipunctata varies; however, in host trees with high larvae competition, their total lifecycle may be significantly depleted and only span up to two months. However, in some regions around the world, such as southern California, adults may appear at different times, where these borers are present all throughout the end of spring to the end of autumn. The complete lifecycle of P. semipunctata varies from season to season. In the spring and summer seasons, these beetles may only require 3 to 4 months to complete its lifecycle; however, during autumn and winter, beetles may require up to 9 months in order to complete its lifecycle.

Behaviour & ecology
Phoracantha semipunctata are more active in the earlier warmer evening hours, and are found in host trees primarily characterised by a more male ratio based population. Being an Eucalyptus long-horned borer, these beetles predominantly targets host trees which are impaired in condition.

Host determination
Phoracantha semipunctata'''s antennae serve as primary olfactory tools, enabling them to distinguish certain environmental factors — one of them being the detection of host tree determination. The degree of olfaction effectiveness is indicative by the movement of adult beetles towards single stressed host trees and by their movement towards host trees, characterised by fresher conditions. By utilising olfaction to distinguish between host tree odours, adults are able to discriminate certain plant species which do not exhibit certain components and volatiles, shared by host plant species. However, adult beetles do not single out host trees; logs based on vision or contact with bark surface, within a constricted area. The decision for adults to decide upon host trees, lies upon two underlying factors — oviposition preference and the degree of larvae performance.

During oviposition, female adults cannot afford to choose poor host tree species, as it is crucial for them to distinguish which host trees will provide adequate conditions for the sufficient development and survivorship of larvae. As larvae are exclusively constricted to their larval hosts, adult females will base their decision according to oviposition suitability, in respective of various factors including the degree of predation on larvae, larvae density within ecosystems, and nutrients available for adult P. semipunctata consumption. Adults may be placed under selective tension, if larvae require fresh host conditions to develop within. Larvae mortality was found to be significantly lower in Eucalyptus cladocalyx relative to Eucalyptus trabutii, considering at normal population density levels. These Eucalyptus host species were respectively recorded to be the least and most attractive to adult P. semipunctata. At lower population density levels, larvae mortality was lowest in Eucalyptus camaldulensis and Eucalyptus trabutii, relative to other Eucalyptus such as Eucalyptus cladocalyx, and Eucalyptus grandis. Adult beetles are found to be most drawn to Eucalyptus host species, which provide the best conditions for neonate development, under lower larvae density conditions. Under high oviposition conditions, larvae mortality will be typically greater, due to the degree of larvae competition there is within these sites. This is largely a result of the cannibalistic competition and a lack of nutritional sources available for the consumption of larvae situated within later stages of development.

There are various Eucalyptus species, which are regarded as most liable to P. semipunctata infestation. This consists of species such as Eucalyptus globulus, and Eucalyptus gomphocephala. Other Eucalyptus species such as E. camaldulensis, and E. cladocalyx, display some degree of protection to these borer's attacks. However, species such as Eucalyptus torquata, Eucalyptus salmonophloia and Eucalyptus brockwayi, are classified as highly resistant to borer attacks.

 Mating
There is a contrast between male and female adult Phoracantha semipunctata behaviour towards mating. Females are found typically slowly wandering around the external layer of bark of the larval hosts, seeking to find areas where they can potentially oviposit their eggs. During this process, female adults often stop to deposit eggs for a short period of time, before continuing wandering on the external layer of bark. Males on the other hand are constantly seeking a female to mate with, and depend upon antennal contact in order to detect female mates. Contrary to the slow movements of females on larval hosts, males travelled approximately 21% faster in comparison to females, and only stopped at the point of antennal contact with a female. From a trial conducted, adult P. semipunctata mating solely depend upon the ability of males to detect females to mate with. Upon male antennae contact, each interaction between male and female adults resulted in mating.

Mating is conducted in periodical time intervals, where it can last for a few hours. Males will continue to be paired with the female gripping the female's elytra with their front legs, until the point of oviposition. After oviposition occurs, both females and males separate. Due to there being a male-dominated population within host trees, males will try to protect their female mate, often taking violent measures by taunting other males with their antennae and also through biting. This contributes to the reason why, adult males have typically damaged antennae and ligaments, in comparison to females. Over the lifetime of P. semipunctata, adult females may have multiple mates, especially within host trees where population density is large.

 Natural predators Phoracantha semipunctata eggs and larvae are subject to various natural predators which may diminish their viability, during the development process. Braconid parasitoids, including Syngaster lepidus, and Bracon capitator have been recorded to impose negative effects upon larvae survivorship. Female wasps of this nature infuse a certain venom within the larvae, prior to oviposition, halting any further development and feeding that can be done by the P. semipunctata larvae host. There are also other species of beetle which impose lower larvae survivorship, including  Trogodendron fasciculatum and Aeschyntelus vittatus. Ants are estimated to have extracted 36% of beetle eggs within Eucalyptus trees; however, the degree of damage they directly impose on the P. semipunctata population have not been analysed. In California, the egg parasitoid, Avetianella longoi, has been recorded to be responsible for disposing of roughly greater than 90% of P. semipunctata eggs.

 Management
The resilience of Eucalyptus species is influenced by the degree of maintenance taken to preserve the conditions of host trees. The provision of sufficient water during long durations of dry condition, is a measure that may be implemented to mitigate the effects in which these beetles may impose on the natural environment. Avoiding a regular schedule of irrigation may increase trees' susceptibility to more frequent longhorn borer attacks. During the process of irrigation, shallow watering is avoided, as this can substantially diminish the condition of the tree root. Facilitating the degree of dryness of host species, through taking off the bark of stressed trees, is also a measure that may be implemented to reduce the period of time beetles are able to develop, and also serve as a control measure imposed to mitigate the environmental damage caused by the Eucalyptus longhorn borer.

There are certain Eucalyptus species which are more resilient to Phoracantha semipunctata'' infestation. These species  are typically adapted to more arid climates.

References

External links

Phoracanthini
Beetles described in 1775
Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius


title: St Ambrose Church, Brunswick

text:
St Ambrose Church is a Roman Catholic church located on Sydney Road in , a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

History
In the second half of the 19th century, the land where the church building now stands belonged to Mr. Michael Dawson of Brunswick. However, in 1860, it was also used as a camp for nomadic Aboriginals.

In the late 1860s, Dawson donated the land to the Catholic Church for a new church to be built in the neighbourhood. Prior to this, Catholics who lived in Brunswick had to go to Coburg, north of Brunswick, or to the Melbourne central business district, south of Brunswick. The church was named in honour of Saint Ambrose (340–397), who served as the Archbishop of Milan in Italy in the fourth century AD, after an Italian family from Milan who lived in Brunswick suggested it.

The first foundation stone was laid in 1869, with 800 Catholics in attendance. After spending , the building was completed in 1873.

In 1890, it became a parish church, cut off from the Coburg parish. Nine years later, in 1899, the church building was extended, with additional transepts, a sanctuary, two chapels, a porch and a baptistry. On 19 February 1899 a memorial stone was also added near the northern transept.

During World War I, it was a meeting place for the anti-conscription movement.

The church building was restored in 2000.

Heritage significance
The church building was designed in the Gothic Revival architectural style, with a cruciform plan. The wall are made of bluestone, and the roof is made of timber. There is also an organ dating back to the nineteenth century, and stained glass windows.

It has been listed by Heritage Victoria with a "Heritage Overlay," which aims to protect places of local significance to Victoria.

References

Roman Catholic churches in Melbourne
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1873
Gothic Revival architecture in Melbourne
Heritage-listed buildings in Melbourne
Gothic Revival church buildings in Australia
19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Australia
Buildings and structures in the City of Merri-bek
1873 establishments in Australia
Stone churches in Australia
1869 establishments in Australia


title: Putka (Junín)

text:
Putka (Jauja Quechua for "muddy", also spelled Putca) is a mountain in the Paryaqaqa mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about  high. It is located in the Junín Region, Yauli Province, in the districts of Suitucancha and Yauli, north of Qarwachuku.

The largest lake south of Putka is named Putkaqucha (Quechua for "muddy lake", also spelled Putcacocha). One of the small lakes southeast of Putka is named Putkaqucha, too. It lies at .

References

Mountains of Peru
Mountains of Junín Region


title: Phoracantha

text:
Phoracantha is a genus of eucalyptus borers in the family Cerambycidae. There are at least two described species in Phoracantha.

Species
 Phoracantha obscura (Donovan, 1805)
 Phoracantha punctata (Donovan, 1805)
 Phoracantha recurva Newman, 1840
 Phoracantha semipunctata (Fabricius, 1775) (eucalyptus longhorn borer)

References

Further reading

Phoracanthini


title: Alienosternus cristatus

text:
Alienosternus cristatus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae.

References

Piezocerini
Beetles described in 1970


title: Alienosternus metallicus

text:
Alienosternus metallicus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae.

References

Piezocerini


title: Alienosternus simplex

text:
Alienosternus simplex is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae.

References

Piezocerini


title: Alienosternus solitarius

text:
Alienosternus solitarius is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae.

References

Piezocerini


title: Gorybia acuta

text:
Gorybia acuta is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins in 1976.

References

Piezocerini
Beetles described in 1976


title: Gorybia adiaphora

text:
Gorybia adiaphora is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins in 1976.

References

Piezocerini
Beetles described in 1976


title: Gorybia alboapex

text:
Gorybia alboapex is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins in 1976.

References

Piezocerini
Beetles described in 1976


title: Gorybia apatheia

text:
Gorybia apatheia is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins in 1976.

References

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Beetles described in 1976


title: George G. Adams (engineer)

text:
George G. Adams (born 1948) is an American mechanical engineer specializing in tribology, contact mechanics, dynamics, and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). He is a distinguished professor in the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering department at Northeastern University, Boston. Together with João Arménio Correia Martins, he discovered the frictional dynamic instabilities or Adams-Martins instabilities. Adams has published more than 120 papers in peer-reviewed journals, presenting new mathematical solutions of fundamental problems of mechanics, such as the dynamics of elastic structures subjected to moving loads, the contact of elastic plates with account to the adhesion force, as well as his studies of adhesion in MEMS microswitches and of contact mechanics. He has had many government and industry contracts and research grants.

Adams has a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Cooper Union (1969), and MS (1972) and PhD (1975) degrees in Mechanical Engineering (Applied Mechanics) from the University of California at Berkeley, where his advisor was David B. Bogy. Adams is also an educator and administrator. He a fellow of the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers and of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), where he is chair of the Executive Committee of the Tribology Division and founded its Contact Mechanics Technical Committee.

References

American mechanical engineers
Tribologists
UC Berkeley College of Engineering alumni
Living people
1948 births
Northeastern University faculty
Cooper Union alumni
Place of birth missing (living people)


title: Gorybia armata

text:
Gorybia armata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins in 1976.

References

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title: Gorybia calcitrapa

text:
Gorybia calcitrapa is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins in 1976.

References

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Beetles described in 1976


title: Gorybia echinata

text:
Gorybia echinata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins in 1976.

References

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title: Gorybia hirsutella

text:
Gorybia hirsutella is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins in 1976.

References

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Beetles described in 1976


title: Gorybia instita

text:
Gorybia instita is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins in 1976.

References

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Beetles described in 1976


title: Gorybia invicta

text:
Gorybia invicta is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins in 1976.

References

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Beetles described in 1976


title: Gorybia lissonota

text:
Gorybia lissonota is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins in 1976.

References

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Beetles described in 1976


title: Gorybia maculosa

text:
Gorybia maculosa is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins in 1976.

References

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Beetles described in 1976


title: Gorybia minima

text:
Gorybia minima is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins in 1976.

References

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Beetles described in 1976


title: Gorybia orygma

text:
Gorybia orygma is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins in 1976.

References

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Beetles described in 1976


title: Gorybia pallida

text:
Gorybia pallida is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins in 1976.

References

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Beetles described in 1976


title: Gorybia palpalis

text:
Gorybia palpalis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins in 1976.

References

Piezocerini
Beetles described in 1976


title: Gorybia picturata

text:
Gorybia picturata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins in 1976.

References

Piezocerini
Beetles described in 1976


title: Gorybia pilosa

text:
Gorybia pilosa is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins in 1976.

References

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Beetles described in 1976


title: Gorybia procera

text:
Gorybia procera is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins in 1976.

References

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Beetles described in 1976


title: Gorybia proxima

text:
Gorybia proxima is a species of beetle in the Faxon Family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins in 1976.

References

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Beetles described in 1976


title: Gorybia reclusa

text:
Gorybia reclusa is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins in 1976.

References

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Beetles described in 1976


title: Gorybia rugosa

text:
Gorybia rugosa is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins in 1976.

References

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Beetles described in 1976


title: Gorybia semiopaca

text:
Gorybia semiopaca is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins in 1976.

References

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Beetles described in 1976


title: Gorybia senticosa

text:
Gorybia senticosa is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins in 1976.

References

Piezocerini
Beetles described in 1976


title: Gorybia separata

text:
Gorybia separata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins in 1976.

References

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Beetles described in 1976


title: Gorybia stomias

text:
Gorybia stomias is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins in 1976.

References

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Beetles described in 1976


title: Gorybia suturella

text:
Gorybia suturella is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins in 1976.

References

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Beetles described in 1976


The Law on the Status of the Descendants of the Petrović Njegoš Dynasty (Montenegrin: Zakon o Statusu Potomaka Dinastije Petrović Njegoš) is a 2011 statute that rehabilitates the Royal House of Montenegro. It was passed in the parliament on 12 July 2011, and was signed by President of the Parliament Ranko Krivokapić. The law “governs the important issues regarding the status of the descendants of the Petrović Njegoš dynasty [for the historical and moral rehabilitation of the Petrović-Njegoš dynasty], whose dethroning was contrary to the Constitution of the Principality of Montenegro, a violent act of annexation in the year 1918.” (Article 1).

Text
The Law on the Status of the Descendants of the Petrović Njegoš Dynasty is reproduced here in full in Montenegrin and English:

References

Petrović-Njegoš dynasty
2011 in Montenegro
Law of Montenegro


title: Gorybia thoracica

text:
Gorybia thoracica is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins in 1976.

References

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Beetles described in 1976


title: Gorybia tibialis

text:
Gorybia tibialis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins in 1976.

References

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Beetles described in 1976


title: Mahitab Kadın

text:
Mahitab Kadın (; 1830 -  1888; meaning "moonlight"), called also Mehtab Kadın, was a consort of Sultan Abdulmejid I of the Ottoman Empire.

Life
Mahitab married Abdulmejid in 1845. She was given the title of "Second Ikbal". Three years later, on 15 April 1848, she gave birth to her first child, a daughter, Sabiha Sultan in the Old Çırağan Palace. The princess died a year later on 27 April 1849.

In 1850, she was elevated to the title of "Senior Ikbal". Two years later on 31 March 1852, she gave birth to her second child, a son, Şehzade Nureddin in the Old Çırağan Palace.

In early 1853, she was elevated to the title of "Fifth Kadın", an honorary rank because she was one of favorite Abdülmejid's consort. In 1858–59, she sponsored a mosque in Göynük.

After Abdulmejid's death on 25 June 1861, Mahitab settled in the Feriye Palace with her eleven years old son, Şehzade Nureddin. Her son, Nureddin died in 1884 at the age of thirty two. She died in 1888 in the Feriye Palace, and was buried in the mausoleum of the imperial ladies in the New Mosque, Istanbul.

Issue

In literature
Mahitab is a character in Hıfzı Topuz's historical novel Abdülmecit: İmparatorluk Çökerken Sarayda 22 Yıl: Roman (2009).

See also
Kadın (title)
List of consorts of the Ottoman sultans
Ottoman Imperial Harem

References

Sources

1888 deaths
Consorts of Abdulmejid I


title: Gorybia umbella

text:
Gorybia umbella is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins in 1976.

References

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Beetles described in 1976


title: Gorybia veneficella

text:
Gorybia veneficella is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins in 1976.

References

Piezocerini
Beetles described in 1976


title: Gorybia zonula

text:
Gorybia zonula is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins in 1976.

References

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Beetles described in 1976


title: Chris Coy

text:
Christopher James Coy (born May 1, 1986) is an American actor. He is known for portraying Calvin Bunker on Cinemax's Banshee, L.P. Everett on HBO's Treme, Martin on AMC's The Walking Dead, Jasper Baker on Prime Video’s  The Peripheral, and Paul Hendrickson on HBO's The Deuce.

Life and career
He is perhaps best known for playing L.P. Everett on the HBO series Treme and Barry Horowitz on the HBO series True Blood. He also had recurring roles as a cannibal named Martin in season five of The Walking Dead and Calvin Bunker in Banshee. He has also appeared in Hostel: Part III, Sx Tape, Deliver Us from Evil, and The Barber. He appeared in the Amazon Prime Video series The Peripheral.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

1986 births
21st-century American male actors
American male film actors
American male television actors
Living people
Male actors from Louisville, Kentucky


title: All of the Stars

text:
"All of the Stars" is a song by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran. It is featured over the credits in the 2014 film The Fault in Our Stars and is the first track of the soundtrack album, The Fault in Our Stars (Music from the Motion Picture). It is also a bonus track on the physical deluxe edition of Sheeran's second studio album x (2014).

Sheeran said that the song was "inspired by the whole movie, just wanting to be sad, yet euphoric and lift people a little bit." The film, about a teenager dying of cancer who falls in love with another teen cancer patient, deals with the importance of love in the face of death.

In 2014, Sheeran would join singer Christina Grimmie for a famous duet of the song on the season 6 finale of The Voice.

Music video
The music video was premiered on YouTube on 9 May 2014. The video does not feature any new footage from the movie, but it does feature fan-submitted messages of encouragement such as "Everything is beautiful" and "You are not a burden".

Covers
Jackie Evancho released a single and corresponding video covering the song in August 2015.

Charts

Certifications

References

2014 songs
Ed Sheeran songs
British songs
The Fault in Our Stars (film)
Songs written by Johnny McDaid
Songs written by Ed Sheeran


title: Gorybia amazonensis

text:
Gorybia amazonensis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins and Galileo in 2010.

References

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title: Gorybia bahiensis

text:
Gorybia bahiensis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins and Galileo in 2010.

References

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Beetles described in 2010


title: Gorybia rondonia

text:
Gorybia rondonia is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins and Galileo in 2010.

References

Piezocerini
Beetles described in 2010


title: Gorybia sulcata

text:
Gorybia sulcata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins and Galileo in 2010.

References

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title: Gorybia bispinosa

text:
Gorybia bispinosa is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae.

References

Piezocerini


title: Gorybia castanea

text:
Gorybia castanea is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae.

References

Piezocerini


title: Gorybia chontalensis

text:
Gorybia chontalensis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae (Longhorn Beetle). Gorybia Chontalensis is Extant and It is found in Costa Rica & Nicaragua. It was first described by Bates in 1880.

See also
 Gorybia

References

Piezocerini


title: Gorybia martes

text:
Gorybia martes is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae.

References

Piezocerini


title: Gorybia montana

text:
Gorybia montana is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae.

References

Piezocerini


title: Minor Swing (album)

text:
Minor Swing is an album by organist John Patton which features John Zorn and was originally released on the DIW label in Japan in 1995. The album was considered part of Patton's 1990 "comeback".

Reception
The Allmusic review by Al Campbell awarded the album 3½ stars noting that "Luckily, on Minor Swing, organist Big John Patton and John Zorn encourage taking chances and opening the music up, while not going so far out as to overwhelm the intended fundamental groove... highly recommended".

Track listing
All compositions by John Patton except as indicated.
 "The Way I Feel" - 12:05
 "Tyrone" - 6:32
 "Minor Swing" - 8:36
 "The Rock" - 6:27
 "Along Came John" - 5:14
 "Lite Hit" (Marvin Cabell, John Patton) - 7:14
 "B Men Thel" - 7:27

Personnel
 John Patton – organ
 John Zorn – alto saxophone
 Ed Cherry – guitar
 Kenny Wollesen – drums

References

1995 albums
DIW Records albums
John Patton (musician) albums
Albums produced by John Zorn


title: Yorkshire Coast Line (disambiguation)

text:
The Yorkshire Coast Line is a modern term for the Hull to Scarborough railway line.

Yorkshire Coast Line can also refer to:

The coastline of Yorkshire
For East Riding of Yorkshire see Holderness and Humber Estuary, also Flamborough Head and Spurn
For North Yorkshire see North York Moors, also River Tees
For coastal railway lines in North Yorkshire see
Scarborough and Whitby Railway
Whitby, Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway
For lines to the coast in the East Riding of Yorkshire see
Hull and Holderness Railway
Hull and Hornsea Railway


title: New Delhi–Amritsar Swarna Shatabdi Express

text:
The 12029/30 New Delhi Amritsar Swarna Shatabdi Express is a Superfast Express train of the Shatabdi category belonging to Indian Railways - Northern Railway zone that runs between New Delhi and Amritsar in India.

It operates as train number 12029 from New Delhi to Amritsar Junction and as train number 12030 in the reverse direction serving the states of Delhi, Haryana & Punjab.

Coaches

The 12029 / 30 New Delhi Amritsar Swarna Shatabdi Express has 3 Executive Class, 14 AC Chair Car & 2 End on Generator coaches. It does not carry a Pantry car coach but being a Shatabdi category train catering is arranged on board the train.

As is customary with most train services in India, Coach Composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand.

Service

The 12029 New Delhi Amritsar Swarna Shatabdi Express covers the distance of 448 kilometres in 6 hours 20 mins (71.68 km/h) and in 6 hours 15 mins as 12030 Amritsar New Delhi Swarna Shatabdi Express (72.65 km/h).

As the average speed of the train is above , as per Indian Railways rules, its fare includes a superfast surcharge.

Speed
The maximum permissible speed is 130 kmph between New Delhi and Ludhiana. Increasing of maximum permissible speed from 110 to kmph to 130 kmph is under process between Ludhiana and Amritsar.

Routing

The 12029 / 30 New Delhi Amritsar Swarna Shatabdi Express runs from New Delhi via Ambala Cantonment, Rajpura Junction, Ludhiana Junction, Phagwara Junction, Jalandhar City, Beas Junction to Amritsar Junction.

Traction

As the entire route is fully electrified, a Ghaziabad based WAP 5 or WAP 7 powers the train for its entire journey.

Arrest

On 16 March 2017, the train was arrested by a court order.

Timings

References

 http://www.indianrail.gov.in/shatabdi_trn_list.html
 http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/swarna-shatabdi-palace-on-wheels-to-soon-get-vacuum-toilets/1196017/
 https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/two-months-on-attached-swarna-shatabdi-finally-released-by-court/story-RC22aMWaiwnYzB9rNu296N.html

External links

Shatabdi Express trains
Rail transport in Delhi
Rail transport in Haryana
Rail transport in Punjab, India
Transport in Delhi
Transport in Amritsar


title: New Delhi–Amritsar Shatabdi Express

text:
The 12031 / 32 New Delhi–Amritsar Shatabdi Express is a Superfast Express train of the Shatabdi category belonging to Indian Railways – Northern Railway zone that runs between  and  in India.

It operates as train number 12031 from New Delhi to Amritsar Junction and as train number 12032 in the reverse direction, serving the states of Delhi, Haryana and Punjab.

Coaches

The 12031 / 32 New Delhi–Amritsar Shatabdi Express has 1 Anubhuti Class, 1 Executive Class, 14 AC Chair Car & 2 End-on Generator coaches. It does not carry a pantry car but being a Shatabdi-category train, catering is arranged on board the train.

As is customary with most train services in India, coach composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand.

The coaches in Light blue color indicate AC Chair Cars and the coaches in Violet color indicate Executive and Anubhuti Classes.

Service

The 12031 New Delhi–Amritsar Shatabdi Express covers the distance of 448 kilometres in 6 hours 15 mins (71.68 km/h) and in 6 hours 10 mins as 12032 Amritsar–New Delhi Shatabdi Express (72.65 km/h).

As the average speed of the train is above , as per Indian Railways rules, its fare includes a Superfast surcharge.

Routeing

The 12031 / 32 New Delhi–Amritsar Shatabdi Express runs from New Delhi via , ,  to Amritsar Junction.

Traction

As the entire route is fully electrified, a Ghaziabad-based WAP-5 or WAP-7 powers the train for its entire journey.

Timings

References

 https://web.archive.org/web/20130723014914/http://www.indianrail.gov.in/shatabdi_trn_list.html
 http://www.nr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_detail.jsp?lang=0&dcd=2705&id=0,4,268

External links

Shatabdi Express trains
Rail transport in Delhi
Rail transport in Haryana
Rail transport in Punjab, India
Transport in Delhi
Transport in Amritsar


title: Sports Parade (TV series)

text:
Sports Parade is an Australian television series which aired in 1957. Broadcast on Melbourne station GTV-9, it ran weekly from 7 June 1957 to 23 August 1957. It was a simulcast of a 3KZ radio series. Hosted by Tony Charlton, each episode featured members of a different football club. It aired in a half-hour time-slot. It is not known if the series ever kinescoped.

Other early Australian television series to be based on radio shows included Raising a Husband, Leave it to the Girls, Oxford Show, Swallows Parade and The Pressure Pak Show.

See also

List of Australian television series

References

External links

1957 Australian television series debuts
1957 Australian television series endings
Australian sports television series
English-language television shows
Black-and-white Australian television shows
Australian live television series


title: Jared Carter (Latter Day Saints)

text:
Jared Carter (June 14, 1801 – July 6, 1849) was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement. He joined the Church of Christ in 1831 and soon after served a mission in the northeastern United States. He was mentioned by name in section 79 of the Doctrine and Covenants; the passage encouraged him to continue his work as a missionary. He has been described as "one of the Church's great missionaries" of the 1830s. In 1834, Carter was chosen as a member of the first Presiding High Council of Kirtland, Ohio, and then became the council's president in 1837. After being disfellowshipped from the LDS Church and briefly joining the Strangite church, Carter re-joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints while living in Chicago. He died in DeKalb County, Illinois.

Early life
Carter was born on June 14, 1801, in Killingworth, Connecticut, to Gideon Carter and Johanna Sims, the fifth of six children. His siblings included Simeon, Prudence, John S., Gideon H., and Susanna Carter. By the time Carter was nine years old, the family had moved to Benson, Vermont. He married Lydia Ames on September 20, 1823, in Benson and had nine children: five sons and four daughters. By 1831, he was living in Chenango, New York, working as a tanner.

In January 1831, while on a business trip to Lisle, New York, Carter was introduced to the Book of Mormon by John Peck. After reading passages in the book, Carter recorded: "I became immediately convinced that it was a revelation of God and it had such an influence on my mind that I had no mind to pursue my business." On February 20, 1831, Carter was baptized into the Church of Christ by Hyrum Smith in Colesville, New York. He was reportedly "so warmed by the spirit of God that he didn't feel the cold of the water on him at that winter season during the half-mile walk to shelter and a change of clothing." Carter then travelled with the Colesville Branch of the church to Thompson, Ohio, in May of 1831, and thereafter moved to Kirtland, Ohio.

Involvement in the Latter Day Saint movement
In June 1831, Carter was made a priest in the church after a revelation given in Doctrine and Covenants 52:38 urged him to be ordained to this calling. That same month, Carter was present at the fourth general conference of the church, where he discovered that his brother Simeon had been baptized into the church around the same time that he himself had joined the faith. That September, Carter was made an elder. He recorded witnessing healing miracles throughout his early years in the church, and these experiences apparently strengthened his faith. After Newel Knight challenged Carter on the validity of these healing miracles, Carter left the Colesville body of Latter Day Saints and moved to Lorain County, Ohio, where his brother Simeon lived.

Missionary work
"Since I left home and was ordained to preach the gospel and was preaching from place to place now, I thought that I had great reason to thank and praise the Lord for what he had done for me and my brothers and sisters of my father's family. ... I can say that God has blessed me according to the prophecy of Brother Joseph [Smith], before I went from Ohio. He has blessed me with sheaves and with health and blessed be his name." —Jared Carter, journal recording of his first missionShortly after being ordained an elder, Carter was appointed to be a missionary in the eastern United States, leaving Ohio on September 22, 1831. He and Ebenezer Page traveled back to Carter's hometown of Benson, Vermont, planning to share the message of the faith with Carter's family and friends. Twenty-seven people in the area chose to join the church, and their chapel, which had been a part of the Free Will Baptist denomination, "soon became a Latter-day Saint meeting place." On this mission, Carter also reportedly healed the leg of John Tanner, one of the primary financial benefactors of the early church, leading to Tanner's conversion to the LDS Church. Carter also baptized Zera Pulsipher, who became a leader in the church. He returned to Kirtland in February 1831, after five months of missionary service. He was encouraged by a revelation given in Doctrine and Covenants 79 to continue preaching and proselyting. Between 1831 and 1834, Carter served missions in New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Michigan Territory, and Upper Canada. He founded "the first Latter-day Saint branch of converts in Michigan." Carter introduced Mormonism to his brother John, who also became a leader in the church. Gideon, another of Carter's brothers, and his sisters Prudence and Susanna also joined the faith. Carter and his brothers baptized approximately half of the converts from New England and eastern New York at the time. These converts included members who later made significant contributions to Mormon history. According to records, the Carters baptized between 138 and 170 people, as well as an estimated 185 more whose names were not recorded.

Presiding High Council of Kirtland, Ohio
In May 1833, Carter became a high priest and was tasked, alongside Hyrum Smith and Reynolds Cahoon, with accumulating building supplies for a school in Kirtland. In August of that year, he was chosen as a member of the building committee of the Kirtland Temple. He worked on constructing the temple and also participated in the Kirtland Safety Society. When the organization of Latter Day Saints known as Zion's Camp left for Missouri, Carter stayed behind to oversee the Kirtland Temple building committee's efforts. On February 17, 1834, Carter became one of the inaugural members of the first presiding high council of the church in Kirtland, Ohio. As a member of the Presiding High Council of Kirtland, Carter fielded complaints from the community when the Kirtland Safety Society—a bank established by the Latter Day Saints—failed. Carter became the president of the Presiding High Council of Kirtland on September 9, 1837, and continued as a member of it when church headquarters were moved to Far West, Missouri. In this capacity, he testified in favor of the accused in the excommunication trials of Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer, and Lyman E. Johnson. Carter is mentioned in a number of the revelations of Smith which make up the Doctrine and Covenants; one section, section 79, is addressed directly to Carter.

Death and later years
Upon the death of Joseph Smith, Carter supported the succession claims of James Strang. He was subsequently disfellowshipped from the LDS Church. Carter joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite) in 1846, but was excommunicated within months of joining. After his excommunication, Carter joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in Chicago. By January 1847, he was "returned to full fellowship" in the church as a member of the Yoree Branch in Chicago. He moved to DeKalb County, Illinois, where he died on July 6, 1849. Evidence suggests that some of his children remained in the LDS Church.

See also

Notes

References
Susan Easton Black, "Jared Carter", Who's Who in the Doctrine and Covenants (Salt Lake City, Utah: Bookcraft, 1997) p. 53.

External links
"Jared Carter", Joseph Smith Papers
Jared Carter Journal, 1831–33, Brigham Young University

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1849 deaths
American Latter Day Saint missionaries
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite) members
Danites
Doctrine and Covenants people
Latter Day Saint missionaries in Canada
Latter Day Saint missionaries in the United States
Leaders in the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)
People excommunicated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite)
People from Benson, Vermont
People from Broome County, New York
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Harold B. Lee Library-related 19th century articles


title: Monomial ideal

text:
In abstract algebra, a monomial ideal is an ideal generated by monomials in a multivariate polynomial ring over a field.

A toric ideal is an ideal generated by differences of monomials (provided the ideal is a prime ideal). An affine or projective algebraic variety defined by a toric ideal or a homogeneous toric ideal is an affine or projective toric variety, possibly non-normal.

Definitions and Properties

Let  be a field and  be the polynomial ring over  with n variables .

A monomial in  is a product  for an n-tuple  of nonnegative integers.

The following three conditions are equivalent for an ideal :
  is generated by monomials,
 If , then , provided that  is nonzero.
  is torus fixed, i.e, given , then  is fixed under the action  for all .

We say that  is a monomial ideal if it satisfies any of these equivalent conditions.

Given a monomial ideal ,  is in  if and only if every monomial ideal term  of  is a multiple of one the .

Proof:
Suppose  and that  is in . Then , for some .

For all , we can express each  as the sum of monomials, so that  can be written as a sum of multiples of the . Hence,  will be a sum of multiples of monomial terms for at least one of the .

Conversely, let  and let each monomial term in  be a multiple of one of the  in . Then each monomial term in  can be factored from each monomial in . Hence  is of the form  for some , as a result .

The following illustrates an example of monomial and polynomial ideals.

Let  then the polynomial  is in , since each term is a multiple of an element in , i.e., they can be rewritten as  and  both in . However, if , then this polynomial  is not in , since its terms are not multiples of elements in .

Monomial Ideals and Young Diagrams

A monomial ideal can be interpreted as a Young diagram. Suppose , then  can be interpreted in terms of the minimal monomials generators as , where  and . The minimal monomial generators of  can be seen as the inner corners of the Young diagram. The minimal generators would determine where we would draw the staircase diagram.
The monomials not in  lie inside the staircase, and these monomials form a vector space basis for the quotient ring .

Consider the following example.
Let  be a monomial ideal. Then the set of grid points  corresponds to the minimal monomial generators  in . Then as the figure shows, the pink Young diagram consists of the monomials that are not in . The points in the inner corners of the Young diagram, allow us to identify the minimal monomials  in  as seen in the green boxes. Hence, .

In general, to any set of grid points, we can associate a Young diagram, so that the monomial ideal is constructed by determining the inner corners that make up the staircase diagram; likewise, given a monomial ideal, we can make up the Young diagram by looking at the  and representing them as the inner corners of the Young diagram. The coordinates of the inner corners would represent the powers of the minimal monomials in . Thus, monomial ideals can be described by Young diagrams of partitions.

Moreover, the -action on the set of   such that  as a vector space over  has fixed points corresponding to monomial ideals only, which correspond to partitions of size n, which are identified by Young diagrams with n boxes.

Monomial Ordering and Gröbner Basis
A monomial ordering is a well ordering  on the set of monomials such that if  are monomials, then .

By the monomial order, we can state the following definitions for a polynomial in .

Definition

 Consider an ideal , and a fixed monomial ordering. The leading term of a nonzero polynomial , denoted by  is the monomial term of maximal order in  and the leading term of  is .
 The ideal of leading terms, denoted by , is the ideal generated by the leading terms of every element in the ideal, that is, .
 A Gröbner basis for an ideal  is a finite set of generators  for  whose leading terms generate the ideal of all the leading terms in , i.e.,  and .

Note that  in general depends on the ordering used; for example, if we choose the lexicographical order on  subject to x > y, then , but if we take y > x then .

In addition, monomials are present on Gröbner basis and to define the division algorithm for polynomials with several variables.

Notice that for a monomial ideal , the finite set of generators  is a Gröbner basis for . To see this, note that any polynomial  can be expressed as  for . Then the leading term of  is a multiple for some . As a result,  is generated by the  likewise.

See also

Stanley–Reisner ring
Hodge algebra

Footnotes

References

Further reading

Homogeneous polynomials
Algebra